Re: Fwd: Help!Failed to find a suitable stage1 device when using PXE installation.

[Brooks Hu <brooks.hu@xxxxxxxxx>]

David,

Thanks for the help. 

Regarding my configuration file, i just copied it from other thus some lines wrong, but i think they have nothing to do with this issue. This issue should only be related to disk partitioning.

I tried your kickstart configuration, but the issue still exists. I noticed in the configuration there is a line "bootloader --location=mbr", does it mean you are using legacy BIOS rather than EFI? I am using EFI BIOS.

I downloaded the image from here

http://arm.koji.fedoraproject.org/compose/21_RC7/Server/aarch64/iso/Fedora-Server-DVD-aarch64-21.iso

then setup a local FTP to host it.

Best Regards,

Brooks

On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 9:19 AM, David A. Marlin <dmarlin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 12/27/2014 06:19 PM, Brooks Hu wrote:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brooks Hu <brooks.hu@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, December 26, 2014
Subject: Help!Failed to find a suitable stage1 device when using PXE installation.
To: arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi all,

I am trying automatic PXE installation (Fedora 21 for AARCH64) on my Mustang board, but looks like kickstart can't work. 

Here comes the detail:

Starting installer, one moment...

find_file: stat /proc/device-tree/chosen/bootpath, No such file or directory

anaconda 21.48.21-1 for Fedora-Server 21 started.

 * installation log files are stored in /tmp during the installation

 * shell is available on TTY2

 * when reporting a bug add logs from /tmp as separate text/plain attachments

10:26:29 Not asking for VNC because of an automated install

Starting automated install......

Generating updated storage configuration

storage configuration failed: failed to find a suitable stage1 device

================================================================================

Installation

 1) [x] Language settings                 2) [!] Timezone settings

        (English (United States))                (Timezone is not set.)

 3) [x] Installation source               4) [!] Software selection

        (ftp://192.168.1.1/F21/)                 (Nothing selected)

 5) [!] Installation Destination          6) [x] Network configuration

        (No disks selected)                      (Wired (eth0) connected)

 7) [!] Root password                     8) [!] User creation

        (Password is not set.)                   (No user will be created)

Not enough space in filesystems for the current software selection. An additional 2861.02 MiB is needed.

  Please make your choice from above ['q' to quit | 'b' to begin installation |

 

UEFI version is 1.1.0-rh-0.13

Here comes the kick start config file(I modified based on a sample from certain website):

Note that the installation options indicate: 4) [!] Software selection (Nothing selected) and 5) [!] Installation Destination (No disks selected), which implies anaconda is not seeing (or accepting) some of the options in your kickstart.  Please look in the logs in /tmp to find any errors.

There are some things in you kickstart that I am not familiar with, such as:

  vznetcfg --net=virt_network1:eth0
  vztturlmap $FS_SERVER http://myrepository.com
  nosfxtemplate
  %eztmplates --cache

and the following just look wrong for an aarch64 install:

  centos-6-x86_64

  centos-6-x86

  mailman-centos-6-x86_64

  mailman-centos-6-x86

I would try a more "standard" Fedora kickstart install first to make sure the repos, etc. are working, and then try adding the 'custom' config options to see what breaks.

Attached is an example kickstart I have successfully used for provisioning a Mustang board.


d.marlin
========

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

text

install

lang en_US.UTF-8

keyboard us

part efi --fstype=efi --size=300 --_ondisk_=sda

part /boot --fstype=ext4 --size=512 --_ondisk_=sda

part / --fstype=ext4 --size=20096 --_ondisk_=sda

part /vz --fstype=ext4 --size=40768 --_ondisk_=sda

part swap --size=4000

bootloader --location=partition --_ondisk_=sda

network --bootproto dhcp

rootpw root

auth --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512

timezone --utc America/New_York

reboot

vznetcfg --net=virt_network1:eth0

vztturlmap $FS_SERVER http://myrepository.com

nosfxtemplate

%eztmplates --cache

centos-6-x86_64

centos-6-x86

mailman-centos-6-x86_64

mailman-centos-6-x86

%packages

@base

@core

@vz

@ps

%end

I have tried all kinds of option combination, also deleted all the partitions, but it still can't work. Any suggestions/comments are welcomed!

Best Regards,

Brooks

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