[BlueOnyx:22822] Re: Install With UEFI Enabled?

[Storer, Darren]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the clear explanation and the alternatives mentioned; I'll try
the DVD approach next, followed by the regular CentOS build (if DVD doesn't
work).

Thanks again for all that you've done for the project over the years.

Darren

On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 at 07:40, Michael Stauber <mstauber at blueonyx.it> wrote:

> Hi Darren,
>
> > Whilst trying to the latest BO onto a server from a USB stick, I
> > encountered the instruction to disable UEFI and reboot. If I boot from
> > USB in legacy mode the installation proceeds but fails again after
> > reboot. Unfortunately, there is no method to permanently disable UEFI on
> > the BIOS; is there any way to load the latest BO with UEFI enabled?
>
> Generally: You can forget to try to install BlueOnyx from an USB stick
> based on our ISO. If you take our ISO and convert it to an USB stick,
> it'll not perform the BlueOnyx install with the *required* custom
> kickstart script. Instead it'll run off and will install *something*,
> but not really a functioning BlueOnyx.
>
> The reason for this is: The ISO's boot menu passes (depending on
> selected option) the kickstart as a parameter to the startup procedure.
> Usually this gets lost or is rendered non-functional when you convert
> the ISO to USB.
>
> As for a true EFI-build: The *only* way for me to build an EFI capable
> ISO is to build the whole thing on my office workstation (which has EFI
> enabled) inside a VirtualBox VM with enabled EFI. Means I need to
> download around 1800 RPMs, let the build box mix it up (45-60 minutes)
> and then I got an ISO. After testing both EFI and non-EFI modes by
> installing the ISO into another VM I need to upload the ISO to the
> mirrors, which takes me hours from my shitty office internet (the
> downlink is fast, uplink is crap).
>
> I'd rather build the ISO's in the datacenter on dedicated build boxes,
> where my scripted environment does the building and testing in an
> automated fashion. But that means (for the time being): No EFI, as the
> servers either don't have EFI or have it disabled.
>
> Now if installing off the ISO or from a DVD isn't possible and you can't
> do w/o EFI? Install a regular CentOS 7 and then do a manual 5209R
> install based on this instructions:
>
> https://www.blueonyx.it/index.php?page=5209r-manual-install
>
> --
> With best regards
>
> Michael Stauber
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