Hi,
I have a small collection of Skylake HP desktops I'm deploying Qlustar onto as a lab environment. I cannot get the system to boot correctly. I'm using the Windows utility "Rufus" to image the USB stick. If I use "dd" mode, when I try to boot it skips right over it as though it weren't bootable. If I use "iso" mode, it gets about six seconds into the boot process, loading modules, before it complains it can't load the vfat module. It is indeed not in /lib! I feel like I must be doing something wrong here, but damned if I can figure it out solo. I have also tried this on a Mac and on a Linux machine with BalenaEtcher; same results as "iso" mode on Rufus.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend! Jarett
"J" == Jarett DeAngelis jarett@bioteam.net writes:
Hi Jarett,
welcome on board.
J> Hi, I have a small collection of Skylake HP desktops I'm J> deploying Qlustar onto as a lab environment. I cannot get the J> system to boot correctly. I'm using the Windows utility "Rufus" J> to image the USB stick. If I use "dd" mode, when I try to boot it J> skips right over it as though it weren't bootable. If I use "iso" J> mode, it gets about six seconds into the boot process, loading J> modules, before it complains it can't load the vfat module. It is J> indeed not in /lib! I feel like I must be doing something wrong J> here, but damned if I can figure it out solo. I have also tried J> this on a Mac and on a Linux machine with BalenaEtcher; same J> results as "iso" mode on Rufus.
Sorry, but I know nothing about rufus. Please use the default dd route as explained in the installation guide
https://docs.qlustar.com/en-US/Qlustar_Cluster_OS/11.0/html-single/Installat...
In case you still have problems booting the stick after that, the latter is most likely corrupted (try with another one in this case). Please do the checks as described in
https://lists.qlustar.org/hyperkitty/list/qlustar-general@qlustar.org/messag...
to verify it is working correctly.
Good luck,
Roland
Hi Roland,
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I went ahead and reimaged two more drives with the dd command as shown in the instructions. Each of them refused to even start booting. I checked them with the sha256sum command as shown in that post and they both hashed correctly, to the hash ending in fedb1 as shown on the download page. Where should I look next?
Thanks, Jarett
On Dec 16, 2019, at 7:15 AM, Roland Fehrenbacher rf@q-leap.de wrote:
"J" == Jarett DeAngelis jarett@bioteam.net writes:
Hi Jarett,
welcome on board.
J> Hi, I have a small collection of Skylake HP desktops I'm J> deploying Qlustar onto as a lab environment. I cannot get the J> system to boot correctly. I'm using the Windows utility "Rufus" J> to image the USB stick. If I use "dd" mode, when I try to boot it J> skips right over it as though it weren't bootable. If I use "iso" J> mode, it gets about six seconds into the boot process, loading J> modules, before it complains it can't load the vfat module. It is J> indeed not in /lib! I feel like I must be doing something wrong J> here, but damned if I can figure it out solo. I have also tried J> this on a Mac and on a Linux machine with BalenaEtcher; same J> results as "iso" mode on Rufus.
Sorry, but I know nothing about rufus. Please use the default dd route as explained in the installation guide
https://docs.qlustar.com/en-US/Qlustar_Cluster_OS/11.0/html-single/Installat...
In case you still have problems booting the stick after that, the latter is most likely corrupted (try with another one in this case). Please do the checks as described in
https://lists.qlustar.org/hyperkitty/list/qlustar-general@qlustar.org/messag...
to verify it is working correctly.
Good luck,
Roland _______________________________________________ Qlustar-General mailing list -- qlustar-general@qlustar.org To unsubscribe send an email to qlustar-general-leave@qlustar.org
"J" == Jarett DeAngelis jarett@bioteam.net writes:
Hi Jarett,
J> Hi Roland, Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I went ahead J> and reimaged two more drives with the dd command as shown in the J> instructions. Each of them refused to even start booting. I J> checked them with the sha256sum command as shown in that post and J> they both hashed correctly, to the hash ending in fedb1 as shown J> on the download page. Where should I look next?
is it possible that you're trying to boot via UEFI. Qlustar currently only supports non-UEFI BIOS setups (Compatibility Boot Mode / CSM). Please check?
Best,
Roland
>> On Dec 16, 2019, at 7:15 AM, Roland Fehrenbacher rf@q-leap.de >> wrote: >> >>>>>>> "J" == Jarett DeAngelis jarett@bioteam.net writes: >> >> Hi Jarett, >> >> welcome on board. >> J> Hi, I have a small collection of Skylake HP desktops I'm J> deploying Qlustar onto as a lab environment. I cannot get the J> system to boot correctly. I'm using the Windows utility "Rufus" J> to image the USB stick. If I use "dd" mode, when I try to boot it J> skips right over it as though it weren't bootable. If I use "iso" J> mode, it gets about six seconds into the boot process, loading J> modules, before it complains it can't load the vfat module. It is J> indeed not in /lib! I feel like I must be doing something wrong J> here, but damned if I can figure it out solo. I have also tried J> this on a Mac and on a Linux machine with BalenaEtcher; same J> results as "iso" mode on Rufus. >> >> Sorry, but I know nothing about rufus. Please use the default dd >> route as explained in the installation guide >> >> https://docs.qlustar.com/en-US/Qlustar_Cluster_OS/11.0/html-single/Installat... >> >> In case you still have problems booting the stick after that, the >> latter is most likely corrupted (try with another one in this >> case). Please do the checks as described in >> >> https://lists.qlustar.org/hyperkitty/list/qlustar-general@qlustar.org/messag... >> >> to verify it is working correctly. >> >> Good luck, >> >> Roland
So, the option to boot via BIOS isn’t available from this drive. As a test, I tried imaging the ROCKS 7 installation disk to the same drive and that booted via BIOS without any issue.
J
On Dec 17, 2019, at 3:24 AM, Roland Fehrenbacher rf@q-leap.de wrote:
"J" == Jarett DeAngelis jarett@bioteam.net writes:
Hi Jarett,
J> Hi Roland, Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I went ahead J> and reimaged two more drives with the dd command as shown in the J> instructions. Each of them refused to even start booting. I J> checked them with the sha256sum command as shown in that post and J> they both hashed correctly, to the hash ending in fedb1 as shown J> on the download page. Where should I look next?
is it possible that you're trying to boot via UEFI. Qlustar currently only supports non-UEFI BIOS setups (Compatibility Boot Mode / CSM). Please check?
Best,
Roland
On Dec 16, 2019, at 7:15 AM, Roland Fehrenbacher rf@q-leap.de wrote:
>> "J" == Jarett DeAngelis jarett@bioteam.net writes:
Hi Jarett,
welcome on board.
J> Hi, I have a small collection of Skylake HP desktops I'm J> deploying Qlustar onto as a lab environment. I cannot get the J> system to boot correctly. I'm using the Windows utility "Rufus" J> to image the USB stick. If I use "dd" mode, when I try to boot it J> skips right over it as though it weren't bootable. If I use "iso" J> mode, it gets about six seconds into the boot process, loading J> modules, before it complains it can't load the vfat module. It is J> indeed not in /lib! I feel like I must be doing something wrong J> here, but damned if I can figure it out solo. I have also tried J> this on a Mac and on a Linux machine with BalenaEtcher; same J> results as "iso" mode on Rufus.
Sorry, but I know nothing about rufus. Please use the default dd route as explained in the installation guide
https://docs.qlustar.com/en-US/Qlustar_Cluster_OS/11.0/html-single/Installat...
In case you still have problems booting the stick after that, the latter is most likely corrupted (try with another one in this case). Please do the checks as described in
https://lists.qlustar.org/hyperkitty/list/qlustar-general@qlustar.org/messag...
to verify it is working correctly.
Good luck,
Roland
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"J" == Jarett DeAngelis jarett@bioteam.net writes:
J> So, the option to boot via BIOS isn’t available from this J> drive.
What do you mean? The question is whether you have set UEFI boot mode in the BIOS of the machine.
J> As a test, I tried imaging the ROCKS 7 installation disk to the J> same drive and that booted via BIOS without any issue. J
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