[opensuse-autoinstall] bootloader problem (10.3)

6 Feb 2008

      Hi,

We're using AutoYaST for installing some servers. We've encountered a
strange problem: installation on a HP DL380 works perfectly, as ware
the same installation on a HP DL360 fails after the first reboot. It
looks like grub isn't found on the disk.
Both servers have the same SCSI controller (cciss).

On a DL380 the following partition configuration is enough to work:

  <partitioning config:type="list">
    <drive>
      <device>/dev/cciss/c0d0</device>
      <partitions config:type="list">
        <partition>
          <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem>
          <create config:type="boolean">true</create>
          <mount>swap</mount>
          <partition_nr config:type="integer">1</partition_nr>
          <size>4gb</size>
        </partition>
        <partition>
          <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem>
          <create config:type="boolean">true</create>
          <mount>/</mount>
          <partition_nr config:type="integer">2</partition_nr>
          <size>10gb</size>
        </partition>
        <partition>
          <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem>
          <create config:type="boolean">true</create>
          <mount>/HITT</mount>
          <partition_nr config:type="integer">3</partition_nr>
          <size>max</size>
        </partition>
      </partitions>
      <use>all</use>
    </drive>
  </partitioning>

On a DL360 this fails. We've added a bootloader element like this:

  <bootloader>
    <activate config:type="boolean">true</activate>
    <loader_device>/dev/cciss/c0d0</loader_device>
    <loader_type>grub</loader_type>
    <location>mbr</location>
    <repl_mbr config:type="boolean">true</repl_mbr>
  </bootloader>
  <partitioning config:type="list">
    <drive>
      <device>not_set</device>
      <initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize>
      <partitions config:type="list">
        <partition>
          <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem>
          <create config:type="boolean">true</create>
          <mount>/boot</mount>
          <partition_type>primary</partition_type>
          <size>100mb</size>
        </partition>
        <partition>
          <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem>
          <create config:type="boolean">true</create>
          <mount>swap</mount>
          <partition_nr config:type="integer">1</partition_nr>
          <size>4gb</size>
        </partition>
        <partition>
          <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem>
          <create config:type="boolean">true</create>
          <mount>/</mount>
          <partition_nr config:type="integer">2</partition_nr>
          <size>10gb</size>
        </partition>
        <partition>
          <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem>
          <create config:type="boolean">true</create>
          <mount>/HITT</mount>
          <partition_nr config:type="integer">3</partition_nr>
          <size>max</size>
        </partition>
      </partitions>
      <use>all</use>
    </drive>
  </partitioning>

But this doesn't work either. But now comes the strange part: if we
take the 10.3 DVD and install this server by hand it works flawlessly!

So any help is appreciated. We're completely lost :-(

Regards Harry
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[opensuse-autoinstall] bootloader problem (10.3)

Harry ten Berge