[fedora-arm] Fwd: Help!Failed to find a suitable stage1 device when using PXE installation.

[Brooks Hu]

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 at redhat.com> wrote:

>  On 12/27/2014 06:19 PM, Brooks Hu wrote:
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Brooks Hu* <brooks.hu at gmail.com>
> Date: Friday, December 26, 2014
> Subject: Help!Failed to find a suitable stage1 device when using PXE
> installation.
> To: arm at lists.fedoraproject.org
>
>
> 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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