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[Frédéric LOUI <>]

Thanks Alex for the precision.

But I have a question, the node installed in Brazil VIT0071 *should* be the 
same ...
So the image should have worked as expected as David just received it ? (With 
factory settings)

> Le 20 févr. 2023 à 16:26, Alexander Gall <> a écrit :
> 
> 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
>>>