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[Frédéric LOUI <>]

Hi, (On the train back to Paris)

>  workaround to delete partitions manually :(
Can the other work around is to use "ONIE remove OS » option ? (Don’t 
remember the exact option name)
When I used it it revert to a ONIE factory situation, IIRC the process of 
deleting OS partition from Main board CPU took some times.

Cheers,
Frederic


> Le 13 mai 2022 à 09:03, Alexander Gall <> a écrit :
> 
> 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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