Pete Biggs writes:> On Tue, 2019-07-30 at 13:24 -0400, John Chludzinski wrote: > > I've been doing a CentOS 7.6.1810 net-install since last night. The machine > > seems ok but has been stuck with "performing post-installation setup tasks" > > for hours. This is an old Dell T5400 box, so it isn't blazing fast but ... > > > > Is there a way to pull up its skirt (so to speak) and check/monitor the > > installation activity while installing it? Having already started the > > installation? > > > Yes, there are shells running on the alternative consoles, so if you > are doing a GUI install then do Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to the text console > - that console is the one running the install and may have some error > messages. Do Alt-F2 from there to get to a shell prompt with root > privileges, Alt-F3 for the anaconda log, Alt-F4 for the storage log, > Alt-F5 for other log messages and Alt-F6 to get back to the GUI > install.It is my experience too that starting with CentOS 7, "post-installation setup tasks" take up an inproportionate amount of time during. All I was able to find out was that the kickstart %post section was not the culprit. It would be nice to have some detailed documentation what these post-installation tasks actually are. ISTR a lot of dracut this and that showing up in top.
After finally completing and trying to reboot, the machine goes into "Emergency Mode" and asks that I log in as root. That fails and the machine becomes completely unresponsive. I tried the minimum install and got the same result. Hard to diagnose an unresponsive machine. On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 4:54 PM isdtor <isdtor at gmail.com> wrote:> Pete Biggs writes: > > On Tue, 2019-07-30 at 13:24 -0400, John Chludzinski wrote: > > > I've been doing a CentOS 7.6.1810 net-install since last night. The > machine > > > seems ok but has been stuck with "performing post-installation setup > tasks" > > > for hours. This is an old Dell T5400 box, so it isn't blazing fast but > ... > > > > > > Is there a way to pull up its skirt (so to speak) and check/monitor the > > > installation activity while installing it? Having already started the > > > installation? > > > > > Yes, there are shells running on the alternative consoles, so if you > > are doing a GUI install then do Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to the text console > > - that console is the one running the install and may have some error > > messages. Do Alt-F2 from there to get to a shell prompt with root > > privileges, Alt-F3 for the anaconda log, Alt-F4 for the storage log, > > Alt-F5 for other log messages and Alt-F6 to get back to the GUI > > install. > > It is my experience too that starting with CentOS 7, "post-installation > setup tasks" take up an inproportionate amount of time during. All I was > able to find out was that the kickstart %post section was not the culprit. > > It would be nice to have some detailed documentation what these > post-installation tasks actually are. ISTR a lot of dracut this and that > showing up in top. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
John Chludzinski wrote:> After finally completing and trying to reboot, the machine goes into > "Emergency Mode" and asks that I log in as root. That fails and the > machine becomes completely unresponsive. > > I tried the minimum install and got the same result. > > > Hard to diagnose an unresponsive machine. >Please don't top post. I've seen things like that, but only when it can't load a filesystem it expects to be there. You can't log in as root? Did you not set a password for root during the install? mark> > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 4:54 PM isdtor <isdtor at gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Pete Biggs writes: >> >>> On Tue, 2019-07-30 at 13:24 -0400, John Chludzinski wrote: >>> >>>> I've been doing a CentOS 7.6.1810 net-install since last night. The >>>> >> machine >>>> seems ok but has been stuck with "performing post-installation >>>> setup >> tasks" >>>> for hours. This is an old Dell T5400 box, so it isn't blazing fast >>>> but >> ... >> >>>> >>>> Is there a way to pull up its skirt (so to speak) and check/monitor >>>> the installation activity while installing it? Having already >>>> started the installation? >>>> >>> Yes, there are shells running on the alternative consoles, so if you >>> are doing a GUI install then do Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to the text console >>> - that console is the one running the install and may have some >>> error messages. Do Alt-F2 from there to get to a shell prompt with >>> root privileges, Alt-F3 for the anaconda log, Alt-F4 for the storage >>> log, Alt-F5 for other log messages and Alt-F6 to get back to the GUI >>> install. >> >> It is my experience too that starting with CentOS 7, "post-installation >> setup tasks" take up an inproportionate amount of time during. All I >> was able to find out was that the kickstart %post section was not the >> culprit. >> >> It would be nice to have some detailed documentation what these >> post-installation tasks actually are. ISTR a lot of dracut this and that >> showing up in top. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >
On Wed, 2019-07-31 at 09:32 -0400, John Chludzinski wrote:> After finally completing and trying to reboot, the machine goes into > "Emergency Mode" and asks that I log in as root. That fails and the machine > becomes completely unresponsive. > > I tried the minimum install and got the same result. >Try booting from a live CD to see if that gives you any info. TBH it sounds like a hardware issue. P.
Try text installation, I used to have similar problem with graphics installation. Mirek Dne 31.7.2019 v 15:32 John Chludzinski napsal(a):> After finally completing and trying to reboot, the machine goes into > "Emergency Mode" and asks that I log in as root. That fails and the machine > becomes completely unresponsive. > > I tried the minimum install and got the same result. > > Hard to diagnose an unresponsive machine. > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 4:54 PM isdtor <isdtor at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Pete Biggs writes: >>> On Tue, 2019-07-30 at 13:24 -0400, John Chludzinski wrote: >>>> I've been doing a CentOS 7.6.1810 net-install since last night. The >> machine >>>> seems ok but has been stuck with "performing post-installation setup >> tasks" >>>> for hours. This is an old Dell T5400 box, so it isn't blazing fast but >> ... >>>> Is there a way to pull up its skirt (so to speak) and check/monitor the >>>> installation activity while installing it? Having already started the >>>> installation? >>>> >>> Yes, there are shells running on the alternative consoles, so if you >>> are doing a GUI install then do Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to the text console >>> - that console is the one running the install and may have some error >>> messages. Do Alt-F2 from there to get to a shell prompt with root >>> privileges, Alt-F3 for the anaconda log, Alt-F4 for the storage log, >>> Alt-F5 for other log messages and Alt-F6 to get back to the GUI >>> install. >> It is my experience too that starting with CentOS 7, "post-installation >> setup tasks" take up an inproportionate amount of time during. All I was >> able to find out was that the kickstart %post section was not the culprit. >> >> It would be nice to have some detailed documentation what these >> post-installation tasks actually are. ISTR a lot of dracut this and that >> showing up in top. >> >>