Hi Perry,
I tried on both Weybridge Beta and local machine. Old issues were
resolved besides unable to download the kickstart file
|http://ovirt.org/download/wui-rel-devel-x86_64.ks|.
http://faye.nay.redhat.com/tyan/oVirt/screenshot/1.png
Did you use this kickstart file for f8 guest installation?
Thanks
TianYan||
Perry N. Myers wrote:> Yan Tian wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Last week we tried to setup the devel env using F8 on Weybridge SDP
>> machines, but met with some issues. It was summarized as the
>> attachment. Thanks for your help and suggestions.
>
> TianYan,
>
> I'll try to assist with some of these issues. As a reminder, all
> technical discussions regarding oVirt should happen on ovirt-devel,
> since this is a public and open source project. The only issue from
> your pdf that should be kept internal and on virt-devel is the issue
> that is specific to the Weybridge platform (i.e. #1 in your liest
> about the FATAL error)
>
> Installation on Weybridge:
>
> 1. Enter the BIOS and in the BIOS change the following settings:
> Advanced Tab->Intel AMT Configuration->Intel AMT Support
[DISABLED]
> Advanced Tab->LT Configuration->LT Initialization
[DISABLED]
> Advanced Tab->LT Configuration->BIOS AC[CLEAN]
[DISABLED]
> Advanced Tab->LT Configuration->BIOS AC[CHECK]
[DISABLED]
> Advanced Tab->CPU Configuration->Vanderpool Technology
[ENABLED]
> Chipset Tab->North Bridge Configuration->VT-d
[ENABLED]
> Chipset Tab->South Bridge Configuration->Enable/Disable ICH
> Internal Devices->GbE Controller [ENABLED]
> Chipset Tab->South Bridge Configuration->Enable/Disable ICH
> Internal Devices->GbE LAN Boot [ENABLED]
>
> Once all of the above BIOS settings are set, save the BIOS config
> and reboot. You'll also want to delete any partitions on the system
> that have a partition ID of 0x71 or 0x72. These are the partitions
> that vPro used and should be deleted for oVirt.
>
> 2. What version of the BIOS is on the Weybridge in question? Is it
> the 961 BIOS? Is this a Weybridge Beta or Weybridge Qual machine?
>
> What is the ouput of the following commands:
> lspci -n | head -1
> (if you see 8086:29c0 you have a Beta, 8086:20b0 is a Qual)
>
> I've used Fedora 8 and 9 beta on my Weybridge Beta boxes and have not
> seen this issue.
>
> What is the output of
> ethtool eth0
> dmesg
>
> 3. I need more information to assist with this issue. What were the
> steps that you followed, so that I can try to reproduce your error.
>
> 4. We don't run on host systems that are RHEL5.1 presently. Stick to
> using host systems that are Fedora 8 (with all updates applied).
>
> 5. Same thing, use Fedora 8 as the host not RHEL5.1. Also please note
> that the standard Fedora 8 DVDs do not work. You need to use the
> Fedora Unity respin DVD that is hosted at ovirt.org to install a F8
> guest. This is because the original F8 DVD had an anaconda bug in
> it. Please see Mark Wagner's email on ovirt-devel titled, "known
> problem when installing a guest from a CD / DVD"
>
> Installation on local machine:
>
> 1. Need more details here. Can you provide me the output of the
> following commands:
>
> on the host:
> ifconfig
> cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-dummybridge
> brctl show
> virsh -c qemu:///system dumpxml <guest domain name>
>
> on the guest:
> ifconfig
> cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>
> Thanks,
>
> Perry
>
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