[Users] RE : ovirt-node install hangs
Mike Burns
mburns at redhat.com
Wed Nov 28 16:10:00 UTC 2012
On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 10:26 -0500, Itamar Heim wrote:
> On 11/28/2012 08:25 AM, Vincent Miszczak wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The installation I did from USB was targeted to hard drive.
> > I can see that installation creates 4 partitions (/dev/sdaX), but I don't know which one is the root volume, and LVM may be used. For sure I don't want to boot from CDROM (sr0) but from my local hard drive (/dev/???).
> >
> > Regarding CDROM installation, with the version I used (the latest), I'm able to switch the consoles when installation hang. Does not look like a kernel panic, but there is a real problem.
> >
> > Again, having the root account used would help, if someone can provide it...
>
> what do you mean if someone can provide it? you should be able to enable
> it when installing the node
Yes,
When you get to the boot menu, hit tab and add the following to the
kernel command line:
rootpw=<hashed password>
To generate the hashed password, use
openssl passwd
Mike
>
> >
> > Vince
> >
> > ____________________________________
> > De : Alexandre Santos [santosam72 at gmail.com]
> > Date d'envoi : mardi 27 novembre 2012 19:48
> > À : Vincent Miszczak
> > Cc : Mike Burns; users at ovirt.org
> > Objet : Re: [Users] ovirt-node install hangs
> >
> > 2012/11/27 Vincent Miszczak <vmiszczak at ankama.com<mailto:vmiszczak at ankama.com>>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have the exact same problems with the latest 2.5.5-0.1.
> >
> >
> > 1. I'm unable to install from USB stick because after installation, the system does not find it's root volume.
> >
> > 2. 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).
> >
> > I could try to do some debug for you. Having the root account used during the installation would help. What is it?
> >
> > 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.
> > I was running the installation on a Poweredge 1950 server.
> >
> > Vince
> >
> > De : users-bounces at ovirt.org<mailto:users-bounces at ovirt.org> [mailto:users-bounces at ovirt.org<mailto:users-bounces at ovirt.org>] De la part de Alexandre Santos
> > Envoyé : jeudi 11 octobre 2012 22:57
> > À : Mike Burns
> > Cc : users at ovirt.org<mailto:users at ovirt.org>
> > Objet : Re: [Users] ovirt-node install hangs
> >
> >
> > 2012/10/11 Alexandre Santos <santosam72 at gmail.com<mailto:santosam72 at gmail.com>>
> > 2012/10/11 Mike Burns <mburns at redhat.com<mailto:mburns at redhat.com>>
> > On Thu, 2012-10-11 at 11:12 +0100, Alexandre Santos wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> yesterday I tried the new oVirt Node 2.5.3. I tried installing it
> >> without the quiet flag but no luck. It hanged again and the kernel
> >> didn't show any error on console (tty2).
> >> Later will test without the rhgh flag.
> > Default options? TUI install? Hardware? UEFI or legacy bios?
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Yes, TUI.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Without rhgb and quiet no luck at all. Tomorrow will try with a SATA PCI Card with a Sil chip.
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Alex
> >>
> >> BTW, now the hostname works on 2.5.3 :-) The network configuration is
> >> still tricky... sometimes I have an "Apply" sometimes only a "Back"
> >> choice.
> > I *think* this is a feature of being registered to ovirt-engine. Once
> > you are registered, you can't change the network through the TUI
> > anymore.
> >
> > If you're not registered with Engine, please elaborate a bit and I'll
> > try to figure out what is going on.
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >>
> >> 2012/10/9 Alexandre Santos <santosam72 at gmail.com<mailto:santosam72 at gmail.com>>
> >> It's working now :-)
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot all!
> >>
> >> Alex
> >>
> >> P.S. I haven't tried installing it on my SATA disk because I
> >> have there a Local Node already running but I'm going to try
> >> again on another one to see if I can send to you the error
> >> log.
> >>
> >>
> >> 2012/10/8 Mike Burns <mburns at redhat.com<mailto:mburns at redhat.com>>
> >> On Mon, 2012-10-08 at 09:54 +0100, Alexandre Santos
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 2012/10/8 Fabian Deutsch <fabiand at redhat.com<mailto:fabiand at redhat.com>>
> >> > Am Montag, den 08.10.2012, 09:24 +0100
> >> schrieb Alexandre
> >> > Santos:
> >> > > 2012/10/8 Fabian Deutsch
> >> <fabiand at redhat.com<mailto:fabiand at redhat.com>>
> >> > > Hey,
> >> > >
> >> > > Am Sonntag, den 07.10.2012, 15:29
> >> +0100 schrieb
> >> > Alexandre
> >> > > Santos:
> >> > > > Hi,
> >> > > > I'm trying to install the
> >> ovirt-node iso image on
> >> > a SATA
> >> > > disk and when
> >> > > > it gets to the screen where it
> >> shows 25% completed
> >> > the
> >> > > kernel hangs. I
> >> > > > can't connect using a serial
> >> console to see what
> >> > has
> >> > > happened. If I
> >> > > > reboot using a usb linux disk I
> >> see that the SATA
> >> > disk has
> >> > > been
> >> > > > formated and the partitions that
> >> existed before
> >> > disappeared,
> >> > > being
> >> > > > there just one partition of type
> >> "ee"
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Is there any error displayed when
> >> kernel hangs at
> >> > 25%? And it
> >> > > can take
> >> > > some time to pass the 25% (up to
> >> ~2min or so).
> >> > >
> >> > > No, I think it's a kernel hang because the
> >> lights on the
> >> > keyboard halt
> >> > > and I can't change to tty2, etc.. I even
> >> changed to tty2 and
> >> > waited to
> >> > > see if there were some errors but nothing.
> >> I've read that
> >> > "tty8" was
> >> > > the logging console but no luck also.
> >> > > BTW, I tried with an IDE disk and the
> >> result was the same.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Mh, okay.
> >> > Could you try booting without the rhgb and
> >> quiet kernel
> >> > arguments. I
> >> > hope that some errors will be displayed on
> >> the screen so we
> >> > get an idea
> >> > about the problem.
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> > > > If I use a 8 GB usb pen-drive
> >> instead of the SATA
> >> > disk, the
> >> > > > installation comes to an end and
> >> I reboot but then
> >> > I get
> >> > > some error
> >> > > > about not
> >> getting /dev/mapper/by-name/Root and the
> >> > boot
> >> > > fails to a
> >> > > > dracut shell.
> >> > > > Any ideas?
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > In the dracut shell, could you run
> >> blkid and post
> >> > the results?
> >> > >
> >> > > I noticed that the USB Disk was named
> >> RootBackup instead of
> >> > Root... I
> >> > > then rebooted and chose uninstall and then
> >> installed oVirt
> >> > Node from
> >> > > scratch and now it worked.
> >>
> >>
> >> Glad it worked the second time. There should be 4
> >> partitions on the
> >> disk.
> >>
> >> Partition 1 is for UEFI or bios_boot depending on your
> >> machine type.
> >> Partition 2 and Partition 3 are Root and RootBackup.
> >> So seeing a
> >> RootBackup is correct. Not seeing a Root is
> >> incorrect. If you rebooted
> >> the host in the middle of the install, or if the
> >> install hung for some
> >> reason, I can see that situation happening and see it
> >> working after
> >> uninstall/install.
> >>
> >> > > I can't activate Networking because I have
> >> that "no
> >> > hostname" error
> >> > > mentioned in another post. I think it's
> >> related to that...
> >>
> >>
> >> You can't activate networking at all? That is news to
> >> me. The node
> >> should work perfectly fine with or without a FQDN.
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Yes, I've also seen the hostname error. And
> >> I've also seen
> >> > some problems
> >> > with the rootfs lately.
> >>
> >>
> >> Have you seen these issues with the 2.5.2 build? Or
> >> only master branch
> >> builds?
> >>
> >> > Could you provide a screenshot/dump of the
> >> console with that
> >> > error?
> >> >
> >> > - fabian
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Ok! I'll send them as soon as possible.
> >> >
> >> > Alex
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
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> > 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.
> >
> > About the setup hanging, I had a kernel panic (I think), because my keyboard stopped responding.
> >
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