> On May 21, 2021, at 9:17 AM, Mark Gurevich <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> What version of xCAT?
The latest - 2.16.1
>
> Can you show the lsdef of the node and lsdef of osimage ?
[root@us7 ~]# lsdef m1
Object name: m1
arch=x86_64
bmc=172.29.1.74
bmcpassword=ADMIN
bmcusername=ADMIN
cons=ipmi
consoleenabled=1
currchain=boot
currstate=boot
getmac=ipmi
groups=all
ip=172.29.0.74
mac=0c:c4:7a:f8:de:88
mgt=ipmi
netboot=xnba
os=ubuntu18.04.2
postbootscripts=otherpkgs
postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles,hardeths,mlnxofed_ib_install -p
/install/ofed/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.1-2.5.8.0-ubuntu18.04-x86_64.iso
profile=compute
provmethod=ubuntu18.04.2-x86_64-install-compute
serialport=1
serialspeed=115200
status=booted
statustime=05-20-2021 13:08:08
[root@us7 ~]# lsdef -t osimage ubuntu18.04.2-x86_64-install-compute
Object name: ubuntu18.04.2-x86_64-install-compute
imagetype=linux
osarch=x86_64
osname=Linux
osvers=ubuntu18.04.2
otherpkgdir=/install/post/otherpkgs/ubuntu18.04.2/x86_64
pkgdir=/install/ubuntu18.04.2/x86_64
pkglist=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu18.04.x86_64.pkglist
profile=compute
provmethod=install
template=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/compute.tmpl
I found that if I add to the template
(/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/compute.tmpl) this line, the boot loader
is installed automatically.
d-i grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/sda
I realize that that line is installing the MBR explicitly into /dev.sda, and if
whatever reason /dev/sda isn't present, it won't work. So I'm sill wondering
why the target location of MBR isn't calculated automatically.
For he records, this is the output of lsblk:
root@m1:~# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 223.6G 0 disk
|-sda1 8:1 0 243M 0 part /boot
|-sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
|-sda5 8:5 0 221.4G 0 part /
`-sda6 8:6 0 1.9G 0 part [SWAP]
nvme0n1 259:0 0 3.5T 0 disk
`-nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 3.5T 0 part
nvme2n1 259:2 0 3.5T 0 disk
`-nvme2n1p1 259:5 0 3.5T 0 part
nvme1n1 259:3 0 3.5T 0 disk
`-nvme1n1p1 259:4 0 3.5T 0 part
nvme3n1 259:6 0 3.5T 0 disk
`-nvme3n1p1 259:10 0 3.5T 0 part
nvme5n1 259:7 0 3.5T 0 disk
`-nvme5n1p1 259:8 0 3.5T 0 part
nvme4n1 259:9 0 3.5T 0 disk
`-nvme4n1p1 259:11 0 3.5T 0 part
>
> Mark Gurevich
> Poughkeepsie Development Lab
> HPC Software Development - xCAT
>
> "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research,
> would it?"
> --Albert Einstein
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Michael Green <[email protected]>
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> Date: 05/20/2021 03:17 PM
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [xcat-user] Ubuntu 18.04 SSH prompt
>
>
>
> Yes, that was that! I reduced the debug to 1 and the ssh prompt is no
> more. Thanks a lot for the tip!
>
> Next question: the installation now stops asking me where to install the
> bootloader.
> This prevents the installation from completing in unattended fashion.
>
> Where is that controlled in xcat?
>
>
> ┌──────────┤ [!!] Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk
> ├───────────┐
> │
> │
> │ You need to make the newly installed system bootable, by installing
> │
> │ the GRUB boot loader on a bootable device. The usual way to do this
> │
> │ is to install GRUB on the master boot record of your first hard
> │
> │ drive. If you prefer, you can install GRUB elsewhere on the drive, or
> │
> │ to another drive, or even to a floppy.
> │
> │
> │
> │ The device should be specified as a device in /dev. Below are some
> │
> │ examples:
> │
> │ - "/dev/sda" will install GRUB to the master boot record of your
> │
> │ first
> │
> │ hard drive;
> │
> │ - "/dev/sda2" will use the second partition of your first hard
> │
> │ drive;
> │
> │
> │
> │ _____________________________________________________________________
> │
> │
> │
> │ <Go Back> <Continue>
> │
> │
> │
>
> └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
>
> <Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons
>
> On May 19, 2021, at 9:13 AM, Mark Gurevich <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> Do you by any chance have "xcatdebugmode" set in site table ?
>
> Mark Gurevich
> Poughkeepsie Development Lab
> HPC Software Development - xCAT
>
> "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called
> research,
> would it?"
> --Albert Einstein
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Michael Green <[email protected]>
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> Date: 05/17/2021 07:20 PM
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [xcat-user] Ubuntu 18.04 SSH prompt
>
>
>
> Hello collective wisdom,
>
> Does anyone know how to disable the SSH prompt during diskfull
> installation
> of Ubuntu 18.04.5?
>
>
>
> ┌───────────┤ [!!] Continue installation remotely using SSH
> ├───────────┐
> │
> │
> │ Start SSH
> │
> │ To continue the installation, please use an SSH client to connect
> to
> │
> │ the IP address 172.29.0.74 fe80::ec4:7aff:fef8:de64 and log in as
> the
> │
> │ "installer" user. For example:
> │
> │
> │
> │ ssh [email protected]
> │
> │
> │
> │ The fingerprint of this SSH server's host key is:
> │
> │ SHA256:+egqLvsAY5MN3/4ws6CBjj5Ro1bSEEvH2gzsfwBWv5g
> │
> │
> │
> │ Please check this carefully against the fingerprint reported by
> your
> │
> │ SSH client.
> │
> │
> │
> │ <Continue>
> │
> │
> │
>
> └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
>
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