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[Alexander Gall <>]

On Fri, 13 May 2022 00:07:59 +0200, Frederic LOUI <> 
said:

> Hi, ONIE installation should be done via main board CPU(MBC) please note 
> that this is not BMC.
> In order to access Main board CPU, you first login via console or SSH to 
> BMC.

I think this is an actual problem with our ONIE installer that appears
to fail when there are multiple partitions present. It should delete
all partitions numbered 3 and higher, code is here:
https://github.com/alexandergall/onie-debian-nix-installer/blob/658343a00674699b15b4fa7aace6a06c0edc1825/onie/install.sh#L23

This seems to fail and cause the entire installation to fail.

@David: as a workaroud, you can try to delete partitions 3-7 by hand
and re-run the installer.

-- 
Alex

> When you got BMC  access, just type: wedge_power.sh reset && sol.sh 

> You should switch to main board CPU. During the boot you should see grub 
> where you select ONIE rescue.

> Once booted in ONIE rescue mode you can launch:
> "onie-nos-install https:// hydra ..."

> I'm abroad right now hence putting the list in CC

> Please let me know if you still have issues

> Frederic 

> Le 12 mai 2022 19:33, David Richardson <> a 
> écrit :

>     Hi Frederic,

>     Thank you for this guide. I have been successful up to a point in 
> following it, so thought I would offer my feedback.

>     We have a Wedge 100BF-32X

>     Following your guide 
> (http://docs.freertr.org/guides/installation/wedge100bf32/onie-nos-install/),
>  I have now reached an unknown problem:

>     I was able to boot from BMC into ONIE Rescue (with extra step of first 
> choosing ‘ONIE’ in Grub menu, then ‘ONIE Rescue’ from 2^nd grub
>     menu).
   
>     I was connected to my LAN, with internet access via a DHCP address.

>     I then tried many times to paste the install comment via console 
> connection, but it did not like it for some unknown reason.

>     (I was unsure for this step whether this needed to go into the BMC 
> prompt or ONIE), the
   
>     ONIE:~ #
>     root@bmc:~#

>     I then connected over SSH as root, and the command ran as follows
   
>     (note SSH connected me to the ONIE prompt, not the BMC prompt as 
> suggested in the web doc):

>     ONIE:~ # onie-nos-install 
> http://hydra.nix.net.switch.ch/RARE/releases/1/onie-installer.bin
   
>     Info: Attempting 
> http://hydra.nix.net.switch.ch/RARE/releases/1/onie-installer.bin ...
   
>     Connecting to hydra.nix.net.switch.ch (86.119.33.29:80)
   
>     installer            100% |
>     
> ************************************************************************************************************************************|
>   
>     487M  0:00:00 ETA
   
>     Verifying image checksum ... OK.
   
>     Preparing image archive ... OK.

>     Installing RARE-OS on /dev/sda
   
>     Disk /dev/sda: 250069680 sectors, 119.2 GiB
   
>     Logical sector size: 512 bytes
   
>     Disk identifier (GUID): AC403922-992F-4E76-BE06-22F8989315FE
   
>     Partition table holds up to 128 entries
   
>     First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 250069646
   
>     Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
   
>     Total free space is 2669 sectors (1.3 MiB)

>     Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   
>        1            2048          526335   256.0 MiB   EF00  EFI System
   
>        2          526336          788479   128.0 MiB   3000  ONIE-BOOT
   
>        3          788480        67897343   32.0 GiB    8300  ACCTON-DIAG
   
>        4        67897344        68159487   128.0 MiB   0700  ONL-BOOT
   
>        5        68159488        68421631   128.0 MiB   0700  ONL-CONFIG
   
>        6        68421632        70518783   1024.0 MiB  0700  ONL-IMAGES
   
>        7        70518784       250068991   85.6 GiB    0700  ONL-DATA

>     Checking disk space

>     Deleting partition /dev/sda7
   
>     Warning: The kernel is still using the old partition table.
   
>     The new table will be used at the next reboot.
   
>     The operation has completed successfully.

>     Creating partition /dev/sda3
   
>     Could not create partition 3 from 70518784 to 250069646
   >     Error encountered; not saving changes.
   
>     Failure: Unable to install image: 
> http://hydra.nix.net.switch.ch/RARE/releases/1/onie-installer.bin

>     As the installation does not appear to have completed, I am unsure now 
> how to proceed. (the device did not self reboot as suggested on
>     the install procedure)
   
>     I am also unclear from the documentation how I can expect to tell from 
> the console/CLI whether freertr is running / how I should expect
>     to access it to configure?

>     I conducted a manual reboot (poweroff command & power cycle)

>     This took me back to BMC. I started ONIE rescue mode once more and 
> repeated the process.

>     ..update, I realise I was pressing the copy button on the freeRTR 
> install command box on the web-page, which also included the BMC prompt
>     before the actual command.
   
>     Retrying via console a 2^nd time, the command itself works on the ONIE 
> prompt.
   
>     Unfortunately, the command has failed in the same manner.

>     Any suggestion of how to proceed, or any further tests I should try 
> would also be appreciated.

>     A few additional questions:
   
>     -is there a minimum recommended BMC/ONIE release version?

>     OpenBMC Release 1.0.0.13

>     ONIE:/ # onie-sysinfo -v
   
>     2018.05.00.09

>     -are either of these still relevant one freeRTR is installed?
   
>     -in case it would help after the 1^st failed attempt, I tried ONIE 
> update form the grub menu, but the system appeared to enter a
>     recurring loop with no progress.

>     Please excuse my lack of familiarity with the systems involved, I hope 
> the feedback is useful.

>     Kind regards,
>     David

>     From: Tim Chown <>
>     Date: Monday, 9 May 2022 at 15:50
>     To: David Richardson <>, Raul Lopes 
> <>
>     Cc: Duncan Rand <>
>     Subject: Fwd: [rare-dev] RARE/freeRtr first release for [Wedge 
> 100BF-32X, Wedge 100BF-32QS, Wedge 100BF-64X and APS6064X]

>     Hi David,

>     Not sure if you’re on the rare-users list, but in case…

>     Tim

>         Begin forwarded message:

>         From: Frédéric LOUI <>
       
>         Subject: [rare-dev] RARE/freeRtr first release for [Wedge 
> 100BF-32X, Wedge 100BF-32QS, Wedge 100BF-64X and APS6064X]
       
>         Date: 6 May 2022 at 18:53:16 BST
       
>         To: , 
       
>         Reply-To: 

>         Hi,
       
>         The whole team is proud to announce the first release of 
> RARE/freeRtr NOS on :
>         - Wedge 100BF-32X
>         - Wedge 100BF-32QS
>         - Wedge 100BF-64X
>         - APS6064X
       
>         This release is a first of its kind. It boasts:
       
>         - an OpenSource routing NOS with feature rich features such as 
> MPLS, Segment Routing, SRv6 and related service (IPv4 and IPv6 L3VPN,
>         VPLS EVPN etc.)
>         - OSPF, ISIS, EIGRP, RIP IGP with SR extension support
>         - Unique in-house IGP: LSRP, PVRP  with SR extension
>         - BGP (v4 and v6) with an long list of address family support
>         - a unique and innovative forwarding paradigm called Polka (kudo to 
> UFES ;) )
>         - an extensive list of specific tailored profile (the RARE/freeRtr 
> can act as P/PE,BNG,BRAS, CGNAT, traffic cleaner and more !)
>         - an innovative software life cycle management leveraging Nix 
> package manager paradigm.
-> it is possible to upgrade and rollback without any hitch at the software 
distribution level
>              (think of an "apt upgrade" with the possibility to "apt 
> downgrade #n » at the router level)
>         - multicast BIER
>         - AMT gateway/relay
>         - unicast 2 multicast translator
>         - the possibility to run on TOFINO(*) ASIC unlock 32x100GE traffic 
> switching
>         - A one liner ONIE image installation
>         - and more …
       
>         (*) It is not included in this release but RARE/freeRtr also runs 
> on DPDK, XDP, libpcap dataplane solution.
       
>         More information at:
>         http://docs.freertr.org
>         http://blog.freertr.org
>         http://rare.freertr.org
       
>         Last but not least: freertr.org
       
>         For those you wants to start their journey:
>         http://docs.freertr.org/guides/installation/
       
>         A large kudos to mc36 and Alex for their extraordinary and amazing 
> work.
       
>         For the future:
>         * New features
>         * new dataplanes
>         * but also TOFINO2 supports that will pave the road to 400G network 
> path
       
>         We sincerely hope that you would enjoy a great experience with this 
> release !
       
>         Feel free to engage with us via:
>         -  for users
>         -  for developers
>         - IRC via #freertr @ hackint
>         - Discord via RARE/freeRtr guild (upon invitation)
       
>         Happy networking,
       
>         All the best
>         Frederic

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