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[Alexander Gall <>]

On Fri, 13 May 2022 08:55:23 +0200, Alexander Gall <> said:

> 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

Yep, there is an obvious bug in there, fix: 
https://github.com/alexandergall/onie-debian-nix-installer/commit/a542673e5b27e2ff05898db10fd820f8a34f240e

This will be part of the next RARE release. In the meantime, people
who hit this problem will have to use the workaround to delete
partitions manually :(

-- 
Alex

> 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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