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[Alexander Gall <>]

On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 17:24:54 +0100, Frédéric LOUI <> 
said:

>> 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 :)

Right, I just found the email exchange I had with Marcos about
this. One more thing: after the onie-self-update you'll also have to
embedd ONIE again afterwards. So:

  * First Boot with "ONIE update", perform onie-self-update
  * Reboot, select "ONIE embed"
  * Reboot (done automatically after embed) and perform the RARE ONIE 
installation

Hope this works :)

-- 
Alex

>> 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
>>>>>>