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[Alexander Gall <>]

On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:33:16 +0100, Frédéric LOUI <> 
said:

> According to what I could read from the log it seems that it looks for EFI 
> /boot/efi, 

No, it assumes that the first partition is an EFI partition and tries
to create an entry for it in /etc/fstab of the new system. The
relevant code is here: 
https://github.com/alexandergall/onie-debian-nix-installer/blob/f3518ca7b9442888c6533550dc55bab111bcf937/onie/install.sh#L105

In this case, it seems like blkid didn't find a UUID for that
partition. The error occurs in line 115 when the partition is mounted
in the chroot.

I should add more sanity checks at the start of the installer to
provide better diagnostics.

-- 
Alex

> My first approach would be to force EFI installation by disabling CSM 
> module from BIOS.

> My 2 cents,
> (Maybe Alex has a better idea)

> All the best,
> Freeric

>> Le 20 févr. 2023 à 14:07, David Franco <> a écrit :
>> 
>> Hi Alex, all,
>> 
>> I used the new installer and I got the following error (please find the 
>> in-line image)...
>> 
>> Any ideas of how should I proceed?
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> <jiZn0sEKQj6jbRFl.png>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> I just created a new installer for the current master branch. @David:
>>>> if you use
>>>> http://hydra.nix.net.switch.ch/RARE/releases/pre-2/onie-installer-release-1-134-g388c27f.bin
>>>> 
>>>> you don't have to run the "install-latest" command (but you can always
>>>> use it at any time to keep in sync with the newest changes).
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Alex
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 10:53:29 +0100, Frédéric LOUI 
>>>> <> said:
>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks @Alex !
>>>>> @David, feel free to ping me should need passive assistance via VC :)
>>>> 
>>>>>> Le 16 févr. 2023 à 10:45, Alexander Gall <> a écrit :
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi David
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 10:19:53 +0100, David Franco 
>>>>>> <> said:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> We recently received an Aurora 710 
>>>>>>> (https://netbergtw.com/products/aurora-710/) P4 switch and we would 
>>>>>>> like 
>>>>>>> to configure it with freertr/RARE (our plan is to make this switch 
>>>>>>> part 
>>>>>>> of the GP4L).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Can I follow the same steps as for the Wedge100BF 
>>>>>>> (https://docs.freertr.org/guides/installation/wedge100bf32/onie-nos-install/)
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>> to install the prebuild ONL image? Has anyone installed freertr/RARE 
>>>>>>> in 
>>>>>>> the Aurora 710?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> In principle, yes, the instllation procedure is the same for all
>>>>>> supported platforms (i.e. there is a single ONIE installer for all of
>>>>>> them). However, the official installer for release 1 is a bit old and
>>>>>> does not yet support the Aurora 710. Please use
>>>>>> http://hydra.nix.net.switch.ch/RARE/releases/pre-2/onie-installer-release-1-79-g4834c09.bin
>>>>>> instead.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> That pre-release is missing a few things for this platform that were
>>>>>> fixed later on but the installation should work. Once installed, you
>>>>>> can upgrade to the latest version either by executing (as root)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> # release-manager --install-latest
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> from a shell (make sure it's a login shell or add
>>>>>> /nix/var/nix/profiles/RARE/bin to PATH) or from the freertr prompt
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> # tna-install-latest
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Alex
>> -- 
>> David Franco
>> I2T Research Group, Department of Communications Engineering
>> University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain
>> Tel: +34 946 018 251
>>