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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I have the exact same problems with the latest 2.5.5-0.1.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’m unable to install from USB stick because after installation, the system does not find it’s root volume.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I could try to do some debug for you. Having the root account used during the installation would help. What is it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I was running the installation on a Poweredge 1950 server.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Vince<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>De :</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> users-bounces@ovirt.org [mailto:users-bounces@ovirt.org] <b>De la part de</b> Alexandre Santos<br><b>Envoyé :</b> jeudi 11 octobre 2012 22:57<br><b>À :</b> Mike Burns<br><b>Cc :</b> users@ovirt.org<br><b>Objet :</b> Re: [Users] ovirt-node install hangs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>2012/10/11 Alexandre Santos <<a href="mailto:santosam72@gmail.com" target="_blank">santosam72@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>2012/10/11 Mike Burns <<a href="mailto:mburns@redhat.com" target="_blank">mburns@redhat.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Thu, 2012-10-11 at 11:12 +0100, Alexandre Santos wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>> yesterday I tried the new oVirt Node 2.5.3. I tried installing it<br>> without the quiet flag but no luck. It hanged again and the kernel<br>> didn't show any error on console (tty2).<br>> Later will test without the rhgh flag.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Default options? TUI install? Hardware? UEFI or legacy bios?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>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.<br><br>Yes, TUI.<br><br>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>Without rhgb and quiet no luck at all. Tomorrow will try with a SATA PCI Card with a Sil chip.<br> <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>><br>> Alex<br>><br>> BTW, now the hostname works on 2.5.3 :-) The network configuration is<br>> still tricky... sometimes I have an "Apply" sometimes only a "Back"<br>> choice.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>I *think* this is a feature of being registered to ovirt-engine. Once<br>you are registered, you can't change the network through the TUI<br>anymore.<br><br>If you're not registered with Engine, please elaborate a bit and I'll<br>try to figure out what is going on.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>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? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><br>Mike</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>><br>> 2012/10/9 Alexandre Santos <<a href="mailto:santosam72@gmail.com" target="_blank">santosam72@gmail.com</a>><br>> It's working now :-)<br>><br>> Thanks a lot all!<br>><br>> Alex<br>><br>> P.S. I haven't tried installing it on my SATA disk because I<br>> have there a Local Node already running but I'm going to try<br>> again on another one to see if I can send to you the error<br>> log.<br>><br>><br>> 2012/10/8 Mike Burns <<a href="mailto:mburns@redhat.com" target="_blank">mburns@redhat.com</a>><br>> On Mon, 2012-10-08 at 09:54 +0100, Alexandre Santos<br>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > 2012/10/8 Fabian Deutsch <<a href="mailto:fabiand@redhat.com" target="_blank">fabiand@redhat.com</a>><br>> > Am Montag, den 08.10.2012, 09:24 +0100<br>> schrieb Alexandre<br>> > Santos:<br>> > > 2012/10/8 Fabian Deutsch<br>> <<a href="mailto:fabiand@redhat.com" target="_blank">fabiand@redhat.com</a>><br>> > > Hey,<br>> > ><br>> > > Am Sonntag, den 07.10.2012, 15:29<br>> +0100 schrieb<br>> > Alexandre<br>> > > Santos:<br>> > > > Hi,<br>> > > > I'm trying to install the<br>> ovirt-node iso image on<br>> > a SATA<br>> > > disk and when<br>> > > > it gets to the screen where it<br>> shows 25% completed<br>> > the<br>> > > kernel hangs. I<br>> > > > can't connect using a serial<br>> console to see what<br>> > has<br>> > > happened. If I<br>> > > > reboot using a usb linux disk I<br>> see that the SATA<br>> > disk has<br>> > > been<br>> > > > formated and the partitions that<br>> existed before<br>> > disappeared,<br>> > > being<br>> > > > there just one partition of type<br>> "ee"<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Is there any error displayed when<br>> kernel hangs at<br>> > 25%? And it<br>> > > can take<br>> > > some time to pass the 25% (up to<br>> ~2min or so).<br>> > ><br>> > > No, I think it's a kernel hang because the<br>> lights on the<br>> > keyboard halt<br>> > > and I can't change to tty2, etc.. I even<br>> changed to tty2 and<br>> > waited to<br>> > > see if there were some errors but nothing.<br>> I've read that<br>> > "tty8" was<br>> > > the logging console but no luck also.<br>> > > BTW, I tried with an IDE disk and the<br>> result was the same.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Mh, okay.<br>> > Could you try booting without the rhgb and<br>> quiet kernel<br>> > arguments. I<br>> > hope that some errors will be displayed on<br>> the screen so we<br>> > get an idea<br>> > about the problem.<br>> ><br>> > ><br>> > > > If I use a 8 GB usb pen-drive<br>> instead of the SATA<br>> > disk, the<br>> > > > installation comes to an end and<br>> I reboot but then<br>> > I get<br>> > > some error<br>> > > > about not<br>> getting /dev/mapper/by-name/Root and the<br>> > boot<br>> > > fails to a<br>> > > > dracut shell.<br>> > > > Any ideas?<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > In the dracut shell, could you run<br>> blkid and post<br>> > the results?<br>> > ><br>> > > I noticed that the USB Disk was named<br>> RootBackup instead of<br>> > Root... I<br>> > > then rebooted and chose uninstall and then<br>> installed oVirt<br>> > Node from<br>> > > scratch and now it worked.<br>><br>><br>> Glad it worked the second time. There should be 4<br>> partitions on the<br>> disk.<br>><br>> Partition 1 is for UEFI or bios_boot depending on your<br>> machine type.<br>> Partition 2 and Partition 3 are Root and RootBackup.<br>> So seeing a<br>> RootBackup is correct. Not seeing a Root is<br>> incorrect. If you rebooted<br>> the host in the middle of the install, or if the<br>> install hung for some<br>> reason, I can see that situation happening and see it<br>> working after<br>> uninstall/install.<br>><br>> > > I can't activate Networking because I have<br>> that "no<br>> > hostname" error<br>> > > mentioned in another post. I think it's<br>> related to that...<br>><br>><br>> You can't activate networking at all? That is news to<br>> me. The node<br>> should work perfectly fine with or without a FQDN.<br>><br>><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Yes, I've also seen the hostname error. And<br>> I've also seen<br>> > some problems<br>> > with the rootfs lately.<br>><br>><br>> Have you seen these issues with the 2.5.2 build? Or<br>> only master branch<br>> builds?<br>><br>> > Could you provide a screenshot/dump of the<br>> console with that<br>> > error?<br>> ><br>> > - fabian<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Ok! I'll send them as soon as possible.<br>> ><br>> > Alex<br>> ><br>> ><br>><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Users mailing list<br>> > <a href="mailto:Users@ovirt.org" target="_blank">Users@ovirt.org</a><br>> > <a href="http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users" target="_blank">http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users</a><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Users mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Users@ovirt.org" target="_blank">Users@ovirt.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users" target="_blank">http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>-- <br>This message has been scanned for viruses and <br>dangerous content by <a href="http://www.mailscanner.info/"><b>MailScanner</b></a>, and is <br>believed to be clean. <o:p></o:p></p></div><br />--
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