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[Frédéric LOUI <>]

> Actually, I did build an ONIE updater/recovery image for the Netberg
> (here: http://hydra.nix.net.switch.ch/RARE/netberg/) with EFI enabled
> last year. Maybe that was to address this exact problem, I don't
> remember.

Yes ! I remember now that ONIE had to be updated...

> @David, you could give that a try and re-install ONIE on the
> device. To do that, select "ONIE update" from GRUB, then
@David, please try Alex suggestion, I have the feeling that this is the key 
to your problem :)


> Le 20 févr. 2023 à 17:19, Alexander Gall <> a écrit :
> 
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 16:54:25 +0100, Frédéric LOUI 
> <> said:
> 
>> 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)
> 
> That's what I would have expected, but who knows. It might be a device
> of an older batch with a different ONIE version. We've seen this for
> WEDGEs as well, didn't we?
> 
> Actually, I did build an ONIE updater/recovery image for the Netberg
> (here: http://hydra.nix.net.switch.ch/RARE/netberg/) with EFI enabled
> last year. Maybe that was to address this exact problem, I don't
> remember.
> 
> @David, you could give that a try and re-install ONIE on the
> device. To do that, select "ONIE update" from GRUB, then
> 
> # onie-self-update 
> http://hydra.nix.net.switch.ch/RARE/netberg/onie-updater-x86_64-netberg_aurora_710-r0
> 
> -- 
> Alex
> 
>>> 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
>>>>>