[Arm-dev] ARM64 installation issue

Sat Jul 4 07:14:45 UTC 2015
Jon Masters <jonathan at jonmasters.org>

Hi Jim,

This sounds like a very reasonable plan. Look forward to hearing how it goes! Happy 4th!

Jon.

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> On Jul 3, 2015, at 16:56, Jim Perrin <jperrin at centos.org> wrote:
> 
> Part of this was a kernel issue with usb drivers and detection.
> 
> Following the source release of RHELSA, I've rolled back the kernel from
> my 4.1rc kernel to the 3.19 based kernel they used. This resolves a few
> 'known issues' including this one.
> 
> I'm hoping to push the new tree live on Monday as beta2.
> 
> I do plan to continue offering a 4.x based kernel for AArch64, but it
> will be an additional package, somewhat like the centosplus kernel for
> x86_64.
> 
> 
>> On 07/01/2015 01:48 PM, Lomovtsev, Vadim wrote:
>> ... so I need to use local repository while installing by network.
>> Thanks a lot guys.
>> 
>> WBR,
>> Vadim Lomovtsev
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: arm-dev-bounces at centos.org <arm-dev-bounces at centos.org> on behalf of Jim Perrin <jperrin at centos.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 5:16
>> To: arm-dev at centos.org
>> Subject: Re: [Arm-dev] ARM64 installation issue
>> 
>>> On 06/29/2015 08:00 PM, Lomovtsev, Vadim wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I've been trying to create installation media (usb) for CentOS 7 at arm64 based hw.
>>> I've picked up files from here http://buildlogs.centos.org/centos/7/os/aarch64/ which seems to be an installation related stuff, isn't it?
>>> 
>>> So I've partitioned usb manually copy files on it and so on.
>>> System start successful, but later it falls into dracut shell with following message
>>> 
>>> [   16.061297] localhost systemd[1]: Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen.
>>> [   16.062287] localhost systemd[1]: Started Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch.
>>> [   16.063309] localhost systemd[1]: Starting Paths.
>>> [   16.064299] localhost systemd[1]: Reached target Paths.
>>> [   16.065296] localhost systemd[1]: Starting Forward Password Requests to Plymouth Directory Watch.
>>> [   16.066286] localhost systemd[1]: Started Forward Password Requests to Plymouth Directory Watch.
>>> [   16.067227] localhost systemd[1]: Starting Basic System.
>>> [   16.068167] localhost systemd[1]: Reached target Basic System.
>>> [   16.184694] localhost systemd-udevd[870]: renamed network interface eth3 to enP2p1s0f4
>>> [  137.224835] localhost kernel: random: nonblocking pool is initialized
>>> [  202.944882] localhost dracut-initqueue[916]: Warning: Could not boot.
>>> [  202.948401] localhost dracut-initqueue[916]: Warning: /dev/root does not exist
>>> 
>>> For some reason it fail to find /dev/root ... I didn't see any other error messages at rdsosreport log.
>>> Could anyone advise me how to fix that or point to where to read ?
>> 
>> Are you trying to create your own boot.iso using lorax, or are you using
>> the one on buildlogs? The one on buildlogs is designed to do the
>> installation directly from http://buildlogs.centos.org without
>> prompting, so you'll need network access run the installer, or you'll
>> have to edit the boot option and change inst.repo to point to your local
>> copy.
>> 
>> 
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