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

["David A. Marlin" <dmarlin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/29/2014 08:10 PM, Brooks Hu wrote:

David,

I suppose the kickstart file was loaded successfully, because after changing content in kickstart file(for example, text mode), the installation process will reflect the change. You mentioned checking server logs, how can i do this? I have only access to a serial console. Thanks a lot.

When I refer to the 'server logs' I am referring to the logs on the DHCP/TFTP/HTTP server(s) where the PXE configuration, install tree, and kickstart configuration files are stored.

You can also inspect the anaconda logs on the target (Mustang) system from the serial console.  Anaconda uses tmux for the serial terminal session,

  [anaconda] 1:main* 2:shell  3:log  4:storage-log  5:program-log

so you can toggle between the main screen (Ctrl-B 1) and a shell (Ctrl-B 2), or to the log files themselves (Ctrl-B and 3, 4, or 5), much as you would switch screens (tabs) using 'screen' on a normal terminal window.  "Ctrl-B [" will put the active screen in 'copy mode' so you can scroll up and down using the arrow keys to see more of the logs.  The <Esc> will exit copy mode.


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Brooks

On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 11:56 PM, David A. Marlin <dmarlin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 12/29/2014 12:05 AM, Brooks Hu wrote:

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.

Are you certain that anaconda is finding the kickstart file (checked the server logs)?  There were two issues pointed out before:

  4) [!] Software selection (Nothing selected) 
  5) [!] Installation Destination (No disks selected)

Since it did not know which Software was selected (%packages in the kickstart) or the Installation Destination (specified as sda in the kickstart), it may not be finding the kickstart at all, or may not be able to successfully parse it.  Is it also possible that the initrd does not include all the requisite drivers to find the network or disk.  Please inspect the anaconda logs to see what errors are occurring.  From the shell window you can also verify that the network is functional (use curl to get the kickstart file), and check that the expected partitions are available.

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 am using EFI as well.  Please be sure you are using the most recent firmware version.

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.

RC7 should be a good release to install, so I suspect is it an issue in the setup as mentioned above.


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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.


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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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