On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 4:12 PM Mike Lindsay <mike.lindsay(a)cbc.ca&gt; wrote: > > 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. According to RHEL information [1] you should be using "grubby" to update grub parameters, in your case: # grubby --args=acpi=off --update-kernel=ALL more acpi=off info in [2] [1] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/... [2] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/... > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html > oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/UGHXLI3YU2G...