[Users] Limit swap space on ovirt node install

Jorick Astrego jorick at netbulae.com
Tue Oct 23 12:07:36 UTC 2012


On 10/23/2012 01:58 PM, Mike Burns wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-10-23 at 09:30 +0200, Jorick Astrego wrote:
>> On 10/22/2012 02:26 PM, Mike Burns wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2012-10-19 at 14:26 +0200, Jorick Astrego wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Finally I found the problem but I still don't understand it.
>>>>
>>>> The problem appears to be that I install using the Supermicro IPMI with
>>>> local cdrom.
>>>>
>>>> Installation goes well but after that I am unable to login remotely and
>>>> get the error "systemd-readahead-collect[500]: Failed to open pack file:
>>>> Read-only file system". The system appears to hang.
>>>>
>>>> When I hook up a screen and keyboard I can login normally and everything
>>>> works fine, this is very strange and annoying as I now need to install
>>>> every node in the datacenter.
>>>> I also tried logging in after startup but when I check the IPMI, I only
>>>> get a black screen.
>>>>
>>>> Now I started using cobbler for using PXE boot with latest nightly
>>>> release, but I still have to install and configure the node. How can I
>>>> push the installation automatically so I can install unattended?
>>> We apparently don't have the options documented on ovirt.org anywhere,
>>> but I'll make sure we do that.  In the meantime, you can refer to this
>>> document [1] for automated installation options.  The options are pretty
>>> much identical.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> [1] http://goo.gl/vbeXQ
>>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> Thanks for the answer, I'm deploying the latest version as we speak.
>> This will save so much time.
>>
>> But it is still strange I cannot use the IPMI, is there any info I can
>> supply for this? Should I enter it in Bugzilla?
> We don't do anything special with ipmi currently.  What type of system
> and what type of management device is being used?
>
> Mike
That's what I find so strange, installing works but configuring hangs.

I use Supermicro onboard IPMI 2.0 
(http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/IPMI.cfm).

Could it be something to do with USB redirection, I've had problems 
before with the Virtual CD but that has been fixed in the nightly build.

Jorick




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