UEFI install appears to hang

grahamhar · Post by **grahamhar** » 2011/11/28 23:50:38

Hi,

i am trying to install via PXE boot to a server with a 8TB filesystem so having to use UEFI. I have proved the install works using a DVD based approach (I had to manually point to the correct file to get the install to start). My build seems to hang:

debug --text
default=0
timeout=1
hiddenmenu
title CentOS 6.0
root (nd)
kernel /vmlinuz ks=http://10.200.64.60/samson.cfg ksdevice=bootif ramdisk_size=100000 ip=dhcp
initrd /initrd.img

watching the logs on the webserver I can see that the samson.cfg and install.img files are returned to the client but nothing hapens after this. I did alter the above to use method=http://10.200.64.60/install6.0 with no kickstart options and the server does boot and go into graphical install mode.

With the ks option why is the install not progressing despite the initial images being returned to the client.

I have attached the samson.cfg file.

Thanks for your help in advance.
Graham

pschaff · Post by **pschaff** » 2011/11/30 22:52:13

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grahamhar · Post by **grahamhar** » 2011/12/05 00:50:30

Hi,

Kickstart config can be found here:

http://pastebin.centos.org/38117
[code]
install
url --url=http://10.200.64.60/install6.0
lang en_US.UTF-8
keyboard uk
network --device=eth0 --bootproto dhcp
rootpw --iscrypted $1$g8bSL0$xpXjoSCn4CS8LlZttZW4N0
firewall --disabled
authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
selinux --disabled
timezone --utc Europe/London
bootloader --location=partition --driveorder=sda
skipx
text
firstboot --disable
clearpart --all
part /boot/efi --fstype="EFI System Partition" --size=200 --ondisk=sda
part /boot --fstype="ext4" --size=500 --ondisk=sda
part pv.3 --size=500 --grow --ondisk=sda
volgroup RootVolume --pesize 4096 pv.2
logvol swap --fstype swap --name=SwapVol --vgname=RootVolume --size=1024 --grow --maxsize=8192
logvol /var --fstype ext4 --name=VarVol --vgname=RootVolume --size=2048 --grow --maxsize=8192
logvol / --fstype ext3 --name=RootVol --vgname=RootVolume --size=8192 --grow --maxsize=8192
logvol /spare --fstype ext4 --name=SpareVol --vgname=RootVolume --size=8192 --grow --maxsize=16384
logvol /samson --fstype ext4 --name=SamsonVol --vgname=RootVolume --size=8192 --grow
reboot

repo --name="CentOS" --baseurl=http://10.200.64.60/install6.0 --cost=100
%packages
@base
@core
%pre
/usr/sbin/parted -s /dev/sda mklabel gpt
%end[/code]
[Moderator edit: Pasted the relatively short kickstart file here for the convenience of helpers.]
Regards
Graham