[Users] Trouble making ovirt-node image

Fri Dec 2 19:30:14 UTC 2011

On 12/02/2011 11:09 AM, Mike Burns wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 12:25 -0300, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote:
>> El 02/12/11 12:00, Mike Burns escribió:
>>> 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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>> Thanks Mike, I will wait your post
> http://ovirt.org/releases/nightly/binary/ovirt-node-image-gitb30a716f.iso
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Nothing jumps out at me either, I built one myself just now and it boots 
up just fine. Is it possible to attach that machine to a serial console 
and get output? Does the iso Mike linked to work for you?