8:09 a.m.
Hey Folks,
I've got a bit of a strange one here. I downloaded and installed
ovirt-node-ng-installer-4.4.2-2020091810.el8.iso today on an old dev
laptop and to get it to install I needed to add acpi=off to the kernel
boot param to get the installing to work (known issue with my old
laptop). After installation it was still booting with acpi=off, no
biggie (seen that happen with Centos 5,6,7 before on occasion) right,
just change the line in /etc/defaults/grub and run grub2-mkconfig (ran
for both efi and legacy for good measure even knowing EFI isn't used)
and reboot...done this hundreds of times without any problems.
But this time after rebooting if I hit 'e' to look at the kernel
params on boot, acpi=off is still there. Basically any changes to
/etc/default/grub are being ignored or over-ridden but I'll be damned
if I can't find where.
I know I'm missing something simple here, I do this all the time but
to be honest this is the first Centos 8 based install I've had time to
play with. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
The drive layout is a bit weird but had no issues running fedora or
centos in the past. boot drive is a mSATA (/dev/sdb) and there is a
SSD data drive at /dev/sda...having sda installed or removed makes no
difference and /boot is mounted where it should /dev/sdb1....very
strange
Cheers,
Mike
[root@ovirt-node01 ~]# cat /etc/default/grub
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(sed 's, release .*$,,g' /etc/system-release)"
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true
GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="console"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX='crashkernel=auto resume=/dev/mapper/onn-swap
rd.lvm.lv=onn/ovirt-node-ng-4.4.2-0.20200918.0+1 rd.lvm.lv=onn/swap
noapic rhgb quiet'
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"
GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG=true
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER='true'
[root@ovirt-node01 ~]# cat /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub2-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set pager=1
if [ -f ${config_directory}/grubenv ]; then
load_env -f ${config_directory}/grubenv
elif [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
set default="${next_entry}"
set next_entry=
save_env next_entry
set boot_once=true
else
set default="${saved_entry}"
fi
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
}
terminal_output console
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=menu
set timeout=5
# Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
else
set timeout=5
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_tuned ###
set tuned_params=""
set tuned_initrd=""
### END /etc/grub.d/00_tuned ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/01_users ###
if [ -f ${prefix}/user.cfg ]; then
source ${prefix}/user.cfg
if [ -n "${GRUB2_PASSWORD}" ]; then
set superusers="root"
export superusers
password_pbkdf2 root ${GRUB2_PASSWORD}
fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/01_users ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/08_fallback_counting ###
insmod increment
# Check if boot_counter exists and boot_success=0 to activate this behaviour.
if [ -n "${boot_counter}" -a "${boot_success}" = "0" ];
then
# if countdown has ended, choose to boot rollback deployment,
# i.e. default=1 on OSTree-based systems.
if [ "${boot_counter}" = "0" -o "${boot_counter}" =
"-1" ]; then
set default=1
set boot_counter=-1
# otherwise decrement boot_counter
else
decrement boot_counter
fi
save_env boot_counter
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/08_fallback_counting ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd1,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos1
--hint-efi=hd1,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos1
b6557c59-e11f-471b-8cb1-70c47b0b4b29
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b6557c59-e11f-471b-8cb1-70c47b0b4b29
fi
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set boot='hd1,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=boot --hint-bios=hd1,msdos1
--hint-efi=hd1,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos1
b6557c59-e11f-471b-8cb1-70c47b0b4b29
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=boot b6557c59-e11f-471b-8cb1-70c47b0b4b29
fi
# This section was generated by a script. Do not modify the generated
file - all changes
# will be lost the next time file is regenerated. Instead edit the
BootLoaderSpec files.
#
# The blscfg command parses the BootLoaderSpec files stored in
/boot/loader/entries and
# populates the boot menu. Please refer to the Boot Loader
Specification documentation
# for the files format:
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec/.
set default_kernelopts="root=/dev/mapper/onn-ovirt--node--ng--4.4.2--0.20200918.0+1
ro crashkernel=auto resume=/dev/mapper/onn-swap
rd.lvm.lv=onn/ovirt-node-ng-4.4.2-0.20200918.0+1 rd.lvm.lv=onn/swap
noapic rhgb quiet "
insmod blscfg
blscfg
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_reset_boot_success ###
# Hiding the menu is ok if last boot was ok or if this is a first boot
attempt to boot the entry
if [ "${boot_success}" = "1" -o "${boot_indeterminate}" =
"1" ]; then
set menu_hide_ok=1
else
set menu_hide_ok=0
fi
# Reset boot_indeterminate after a successful boot
if [ "${boot_success}" = "1" ] ; then
set boot_indeterminate=0
# Avoid boot_indeterminate causing the menu to be hidden more then once
elif [ "${boot_indeterminate}" = "1" ]; then
set boot_indeterminate=2
fi
# Reset boot_success for current boot
set boot_success=0
save_env boot_success boot_indeterminate
### END /etc/grub.d/10_reset_boot_success ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/12_menu_auto_hide ###
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
if [ "${menu_show_once}" ]; then
unset menu_show_once
save_env menu_show_once
set timeout_style=menu
set timeout=60
elif [ "${menu_auto_hide}" -a "${menu_hide_ok}" = "1" ];
then
set orig_timeout_style=${timeout_style}
set orig_timeout=${timeout}
if [ "${fastboot}" = "1" ]; then
# timeout_style=menu + timeout=0 avoids the countdown code keypress check
set timeout_style=menu
set timeout=0
else
set timeout_style=hidden
set timeout=1
fi
fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/12_menu_auto_hide ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_ppc_terminfo ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_ppc_terminfo ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
--
Mike Lindsay
Senior Systems Administrator
Technological Maintenance and Support
CBC/SRC
mike.lindsay(a)cbc.ca
(o) 416-205-8992
(c) 416-819-2841