[BlueOnyx:22826] Re: Install With UEFI Enabled?

[Storer, Darren]

Hi Michael,

Your "don't use USB sticks" advice proved to the main fix for the problems
previously encountered but the optimum solution turned out to be the CentOS
7 build, plus BO rpm instructions, which made everything work on the
server, including an obscure onboard RAID device.

Thanks again

Darren

On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 at 09:12, Storer, Darren <darren.storer at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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