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[Xavier Jeannin <>]

Hello

I continue trying to install RARE/Freertr folowing the instructions here: https://docs.freertr.org/guides/installation/wedge100bf32/onie-nos-install/

I connect this morning using the console port.
The Grub menu appears partially. (I need to strike UP/DOWN arrows)
Unfortunately, "ONIE rescue mode" does not appear.
I tried "advanced options for rare ...",

I finally got a Grub menu, I choose "RARE/GNU ... recovery mode" (which is not the "ONIE rescue mode") but ...
Then nothing

Do you have any suggestion to upgrade this machine, please?
1/ is it possible to reset this machine to return to factory settings? then it should be more
2/ any other solution to install the new version of RARE/Freertr?

Do you have a link to wedge documentation that I can read?

Thank you
Xavier

Le 16/09/2022 à 12:11, Xavier Jeannin a écrit :

Hello

here is a screenshot of what I see.

you can see
1/ the rm that I have to do, as last "sol.sh" did end up properly
2/ wedge_power.sh
3/ sol.sh

The process then wrote information at the top of the  screen "Portwell ... Bios" and then write over Welcome to GRUB
Then the booting sequence start (see picture attached)

Maybe it is due to a wrong configuration of my terminal.
I used Putty, same configuration used to connect to Freertr or other router

Maybe I can try on the console port but today I work remotely from office.

Any suggestion?

Thank you
Xavier 

Le 16/09/2022 à 11:13, Xavier Jeannin a écrit :

Hello Alexandre

Thank you for your answer.
There is no "release-manager" installed on the Wedge.
I tried both at BMC level and also by connecting on RARE/Freertr

Frédéric explained the history of this machine.

DAV0001#show version
freeRouter v22.2.22-cur, done by cs@nop.

Regards
Xavier 

Le 16/09/2022 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
>           
> -- 
> Xavier JEANNIN
> Network Dpt.
> GN4-3 Network technology evolution (WP6 T1) task leader
> Tél. : +33 1 5394 2042
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>           
        
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Xavier JEANNIN
Network Dpt.
GN4-3 Network technology evolution (WP6 T1) task leader
Tél. : +33 1 5394 2042
Mob. : +33 6 3017 0963
www.renater.fr
      
-- 
Xavier JEANNIN
Network Dpt.
GN4-3 Network technology evolution (WP6 T1) task leader
Tél. : +33 1 5394 2042
Mob. : +33 6 3017 0963
www.renater.fr
    
-- 
Xavier JEANNIN
Network Dpt.
GN4-3 Network technology evolution (WP6 T1) task leader
Tél. : +33 1 5394 2042
Mob. : +33 6 3017 0963
www.renater.fr