[Users] Trouble making ovirt-node image

[Mike Burns]

On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 11:05 -0300, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote:
> El 02/12/11 01:34, Mike Burns escribió:
> > On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 14:42 -0300, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote:
> >> El 01/12/11 12:59, Mike Burns escribió:
> >>> On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 11:23 -0300, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote:
> >>>> El 30/11/11 16:48, Douglas Landgraf escribió:
> >>>>> Hello Federico,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 11/30/2011 11:31 AM, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote:
> >>>>>> Hello:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I am trying to implement Ovirt in a testing datacenter.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I have installed Ovirt-Engine from rpm on Fedora 16 and all is Ok. I
> >>>>>> can access the web management without problem.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> My problem is with Ovirt-Node. I followed the guide in:
> >>>>>> http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Node_Building.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I used the same Fedora 16 installation for building the node iso. I
> >>>>>> followed all steps, but the iso creation failed.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The docs dont say, but I had to install  at least the
> >>>>>> ovirt-node-tools, I don't know if also I have to install ovirt-node
> >>>>>> rpm from $BASEDIR/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The output of make ovirt-node-image.iso is in pastebin:
> >>>>>> http://pastebin.com/2U6NezuE
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Please see this BZ, there is a workaround:
> >>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757818
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks
> >>>>> Douglas
> >>>>>
> >>>> Thanks, it worked
> >>>>
> >>>> I could generate the iso image, but now I can't install Ovirt to the
> >>>> hardisk neither access to the configuration to specify things such ip,
> >>>> password, etc.
> >>>>
> >>>> Boot option "Install" only boots Ovirt on live cd image mode (No hardisk
> >>>> installation). Also I don't  know the default user and password, or the
> >>>> method to specify this parameters at the image creation time.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for any clarification and sorry for my poor english.
> >> Sorry, I sent the response to private address. I resend to the list:
> >>> It sounds like something isn't working quite right in the iso.  What is
> >>> the last commit in the git repo?
> >>>
> >>> git log -1
> >> commit b1f86732fa5a7803223a52af759b40830612d08a
> >> Author: Mike Burns<mburns at redhat.com>
> >> Date:   Thu Nov 17 08:40:32 2011 -0500
> >>
> >>       move rc.local changes to ovirt-post
> >>
> >>       Change-Id: Iac718b9284b831b978e50eb80d93d498e23d475d
> >>
> >>> Where did you check the repo out from?
> >> git clone http://gerrit.ovirt.org/p/ovirt-node.git
> > Ok, that's the right stuff.  I know we've seen this in some cases a long
> > time ago, but not recently.
> >
> > can you try this?
> >
> > 1.  generate a hashed password using # openssl passwd
> > 2.  Boot the image and in the boot menu (or in the pxe config if your
> > using pxe), add rootpw=hashed_password_from_step_1
> > 3.  When it boots to a getty login prompt, login as root with the
> > password you supplied to openssl
> Ok, generated and logged in
> > 4.  check /var/log/ovirt.log and /tmp/ovirt.log for any errors
> http://pastebin.com/MM1BpXb3
> >
> > In addition, what type of hardware are you using?  Real hardware?
> > virtual machine?
> Real hardware, ibm blade
> > What type of storage is on you host?  What state is it in?  Is it clean?
> > is there something already installed?
> [root at localhost ~]# fdisk -l
> 
> Disk /dev/sda: 146.0 GB, 145999527936 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17750 cylinders, total 285155328 sectors
> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x00000000
> 
> Disk /dev/sda doesn't contain a valid partition table
> 
> > How are you installing?  cd?  USB stick? pxe?
> CD (iso mounted to blade hardware through blade administration software)
> > Mike
> There is some site or repo where I can download another  iso to compare?

Hmm, nothing jumps out at me, although the restorecon messages are
concerning.  

Joey can you take a look and see why the install TUI isn't loading?

Federico,  

I don't have anything at the moment posted, but I'll build an image with
the latest commits (I pushed a couple things today) and post it.

Mike
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Federico
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