<br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/11/27 Vincent Miszczak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vmiszczak@ankama.com" target="_blank">vmiszczak@ankama.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="FR"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">Hi,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">I have the exact same problems with the latest 2.5.5-0.1.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin-left:54.0pt"><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">I’m unable to install from USB stick because after installation, the system does not find it’s root volume.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:54.0pt"><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">Using a CDROM, the installation hangs. First time it hanged at 75%. Second time I tried, it hanged at 25%. No message at all, but keyboard is responsive (lock num, console switch).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">I could try to do some debug for you. Having the root account used during the installation would help. What is it?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">With the CDROM installation, I’ve tried with 2 different hard drives and the server was running fine with its previous OS, so no hardware issue here.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">I was running the installation on a Poweredge 1950 server.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">Vince<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">De :</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:users-bounces@ovirt.org" target="_blank">users-bounces@ovirt.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:users-bounces@ovirt.org" target="_blank">users-bounces@ovirt.org</a>] <b>De la part de</b> Alexandre Santos<br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> jeudi 11 octobre 2012 22:57<br><b>À :</b> Mike Burns<br><b>Cc :</b> <a href="mailto:users@ovirt.org" target="_blank">users@ovirt.org</a><br><b>Objet :</b> Re: [Users] ovirt-node install hangs<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">2012/10/11 Alexandre Santos <<a href="mailto:santosam72@gmail.com" target="_blank">santosam72@gmail.com</a>><u></u><u></u></p>
<div><div><p class="MsoNormal">2012/10/11 Mike Burns <<a href="mailto:mburns@redhat.com" target="_blank">mburns@redhat.com</a>><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Thu, 2012-10-11 at 11:12 +0100, Alexandre Santos wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>> yesterday I tried the new oVirt Node 2.5.3. I tried installing it<br>> without the quiet flag but no luck. It hanged again and the kernel<br>> didn't show any error on console (tty2).<br>> Later will test without the rhgh flag.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal">Default options? TUI install? Hardware? UEFI or legacy bios?<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>I always choose the troubleshooting option and then do an install with basic video. The only thing I changed from the default kernel boot line was the quiet flag.<br>
<br>Yes, TUI.<br><br>Hardware: this is an old MSI P35Neo MB with 4 GB RAM and a Xeon 3040. The SATA disk is connected to the onboard controller. The same problem occurred with an IDE HDD.<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>Without rhgb and quiet no luck at all. Tomorrow will try with a SATA PCI Card with a Sil chip.<br> <u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm">
<div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<br>><br>> Alex<br>><br>> BTW, now the hostname works on 2.5.3 :-) The network configuration is<br>> still tricky... sometimes I have an "Apply" sometimes only a "Back"<br>> choice.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal">I *think* this is a feature of being registered to ovirt-engine. Once<br>you are registered, you can't change the network through the TUI<br>anymore.<br><br>If you're not registered with Engine, please elaborate a bit and I'll<br>
try to figure out what is going on.<u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>What you're saying makes sense. The problem I had was that my node was booting with DHCP and the IP changed. When I got to the engine / web administrator, my Host was not detected and I couldn't change it's IP, only the hostname... On the TUI I can't change the IP because I'm registered but can't change it also on the engine. Is this correct? <u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#888888"><br>Mike</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>><br>> 2012/10/9 Alexandre Santos <<a href="mailto:santosam72@gmail.com" target="_blank">santosam72@gmail.com</a>><br>> It's working now :-)<br>
><br>> Thanks a lot all!<br>><br>> Alex<br>><br>> P.S. I haven't tried installing it on my SATA disk because I<br>> have there a Local Node already running but I'm going to try<br>
> again on another one to see if I can send to you the error<br>> log.<br>><br>><br>> 2012/10/8 Mike Burns <<a href="mailto:mburns@redhat.com" target="_blank">mburns@redhat.com</a>><br>
> On Mon, 2012-10-08 at 09:54 +0100, Alexandre Santos<br>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > 2012/10/8 Fabian Deutsch <<a href="mailto:fabiand@redhat.com" target="_blank">fabiand@redhat.com</a>><br>
> > Am Montag, den 08.10.2012, 09:24 +0100<br>> schrieb Alexandre<br>> > Santos:<br>> > > 2012/10/8 Fabian Deutsch<br>
> <<a href="mailto:fabiand@redhat.com" target="_blank">fabiand@redhat.com</a>><br>> > > Hey,<br>> > ><br>> > > Am Sonntag, den 07.10.2012, 15:29<br>
> +0100 schrieb<br>> > Alexandre<br>> > > Santos:<br>> > > > Hi,<br>> > > > I'm trying to install the<br>
> ovirt-node iso image on<br>> > a SATA<br>> > > disk and when<br>> > > > it gets to the screen where it<br>
> shows 25% completed<br>> > the<br>> > > kernel hangs. I<br>> > > > can't connect using a serial<br>
> console to see what<br>> > has<br>> > > happened. If I<br>> > > > reboot using a usb linux disk I<br>
> see that the SATA<br>> > disk has<br>> > > been<br>> > > > formated and the partitions that<br>
> existed before<br>> > disappeared,<br>> > > being<br>> > > > there just one partition of type<br>
> "ee"<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Is there any error displayed when<br>> kernel hangs at<br>
> > 25%? And it<br>> > > can take<br>> > > some time to pass the 25% (up to<br>> ~2min or so).<br>
> > ><br>> > > No, I think it's a kernel hang because the<br>> lights on the<br>> > keyboard halt<br>> > > and I can't change to tty2, etc.. I even<br>
> changed to tty2 and<br>> > waited to<br>> > > see if there were some errors but nothing.<br>> I've read that<br>> > "tty8" was<br>
> > > the logging console but no luck also.<br>> > > BTW, I tried with an IDE disk and the<br>> result was the same.<br>> ><br>
> ><br>> > Mh, okay.<br>> > Could you try booting without the rhgb and<br>> quiet kernel<br>> > arguments. I<br>
> > hope that some errors will be displayed on<br>> the screen so we<br>> > get an idea<br>> > about the problem.<br>
> ><br>> > ><br>> > > > If I use a 8 GB usb pen-drive<br>> instead of the SATA<br>> > disk, the<br>
> > > > installation comes to an end and<br>> I reboot but then<br>> > I get<br>> > > some error<br>
> > > > about not<br>> getting /dev/mapper/by-name/Root and the<br>> > boot<br>> > > fails to a<br>
> > > > dracut shell.<br>> > > > Any ideas?<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > In the dracut shell, could you run<br>
> blkid and post<br>> > the results?<br>> > ><br>> > > I noticed that the USB Disk was named<br>> RootBackup instead of<br>
> > Root... I<br>> > > then rebooted and chose uninstall and then<br>> installed oVirt<br>> > Node from<br>> > > scratch and now it worked.<br>
><br>><br>> Glad it worked the second time. There should be 4<br>> partitions on the<br>> disk.<br>><br>> Partition 1 is for UEFI or bios_boot depending on your<br>
> machine type.<br>> Partition 2 and Partition 3 are Root and RootBackup.<br>> So seeing a<br>> RootBackup is correct. Not seeing a Root is<br>
> incorrect. If you rebooted<br>> the host in the middle of the install, or if the<br>> install hung for some<br>> reason, I can see that situation happening and see it<br>
> working after<br>> uninstall/install.<br>><br>> > > I can't activate Networking because I have<br>> that "no<br>> > hostname" error<br>
> > > mentioned in another post. I think it's<br>> related to that...<br>><br>><br>> You can't activate networking at all? That is news to<br>
> me. The node<br>> should work perfectly fine with or without a FQDN.<br>><br>><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Yes, I've also seen the hostname error. And<br>
> I've also seen<br>> > some problems<br>> > with the rootfs lately.<br>><br>><br>> Have you seen these issues with the 2.5.2 build? Or<br>
> only master branch<br>> builds?<br>><br>> > Could you provide a screenshot/dump of the<br>> console with that<br>> > error?<br>
> ><br>> > - fabian<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Ok! I'll send them as soon as possible.<br>> ><br>
> > Alex<br>> ><br>> ><br>><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Users mailing list<br>
> > <a href="mailto:Users@ovirt.org" target="_blank">Users@ovirt.org</a><br>> > <a href="http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users" target="_blank">http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br>I had the problem you mentioned about not finding the root volume. It's a Fedora issue that you can solve on the boot, changing the root to /dev/sr0, for instance.<br><br>About the setup hanging, I had a kernel panic (I think), because my keyboard stopped responding. <br>
<br>Alex<br>