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[Alexander Gall <>]

On Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:52:14 +0200, Frédéric LOUI <> 
said:

> Many thanks Alex, Xavier could confirm but IIRC the Wedge that is in Paris 
> in our lab has no Nixified RARE/version installed.

> Therefore this is why he wants to re-stage (upon my recommendation) with 
> ONIE image so that he can get aligned with the GP4L image 
> and set the profile that Csaba specifically tailored for the use case he 
> wants to test.

I see. In that case, I guess Xavier can try to select the ONIE
partition as boot device from the BIOS.

-- 
Alex

> Frederic

>> Le 16 sept. 2022 à 10:44, Alexander Gall <> a écrit :
>> 
>> Hi Xavier
>> 
>> On Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:05:15 +0200, Xavier Jeannin 
>> <> said:
>> 
>>> I tried to install on a Wedge 100BF-32X the new version of Rarefreertr to 
>>> benefit of the profil version.
>> 
>> In general, you shouldn't need to perform another ONIE
>> installation. The new version can be installed with release-manager
>> (or tna-install-latest from freertr unless your current version is
>> very old). Which version of RARE is currently running there
>> ("release-manager --list-installed")?
>> 
>>> I follow the documentation - 
>>> http://docs.freertr.org/guides/installation/wedge100bf32/onie-nos-install/
>> 
>> This applies to a new system that doesn't have a NOS installed
>> yet. There you would see the ONIE boot menue directly after a
>> reboot. But if the system has already been installed with our ONIE
>> installer previously (which is the case here IIUC), you should see the
>> Grub menue with the first entry pointing to the Debian boot for
>> RARE. There should also be a line "ONIE" that would chain-load the
>> ONIE installer (from which you could then select "ONIE install" or
>> "ONIE rescue").
>> 
>> However, that menue should be displayed for 5 seconds, not sure why
>> that seems to have been much shorter in your case :/ If you don't do
>> anything you would simply boot back into RARE.
>> 
>>> I encounter the following pb:
>> 
>>> * connection BMC - OK
>>> * wedge_power.sh reset - OK
>>> * I run sol.sh.
>>> Following the doc, I want to select the ONIE option "ONIE rescue mode" in 
>>> a menu
>>> I see the menu appearing for a very very short time (I suppose it is the 
>>> Grub menu) but it impossible to choose the ONIE option ""ONIE
>>> rescue mode" as immediately the process starts a boot sequence  (I think 
>>> it is a linux boot?). The process never ends repeating the
>>> following output :
>>> [  357.803857] bf 0000:06:00.0: error bad ring index -44 in tx completion
>>> [  357.816981] bf 0000:06:00.0: error bad ring index -44 in tx completion
>>> [  359.774675] bf 0000:06:00.0: error bad ring index -44 in tx completion
>>> [  359.787837] bf 0000:06:00.0: error bad ring index -44 in tx completion
>>> [  359.800971] bf 0000:06:00.0: error bad ring index -44 in tx completion
>>> [  361.790739] bf 0000:06:00.0: error bad ring index -44 in tx completion
>> 
>> That's strange. It looks like bf_switchd has a problem initializing
>> the Tofino ASIC. I have never seen this before. If restaring
>> freerouter doesn't help (sudo systemctl restart freerouter), maybe try
>> another power-cycle :/
>> 
>>> * I can still connect to the switch with another window but I cannot 
>>> complete the re-installation process
>> 
>> Please try
>> 
>> $ sudo -i release-manager --install-git origin/master
>> 
>> to perform the upgrade.
>> 
>> --
>> Alex
>> 
>>> Any idea to correct this ?
>>> Should I need to strike a specific key to access to the menu ?
>> 
>>> thank you
>>> Xavier
>> 
>>> -- 
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