How to reproduce:
down the latest build:
[root@p7hv16s32p15 rhels7.0]# lsdef service-06
Object name: service-06
arch=ppc64
cons=hmc
currchain=boot
currstate=install rhels7.0-ppc64-compute
groups=lpar
hcp=hmc186
hwtype=lpar
id=17
initrd=xcat/osimage/rhels7.0-ppc64-install-compute/initrd.img
installnic=mac
kcmdline=quiet repo=http://9.114.34.137:80/install/rhels7.0/ppc64 ks=http://9.114.34.137:80/install/autoinst/service-06 ksdevice=00:21:5e:a6:3d:d6
kernel=xcat/osimage/rhels7.0-ppc64-install-compute/vmlinuz
mac=00:21:5e:a6:3d:d6
mgt=hmc
netboot=grub2
nodetype=ppc
os=rhels7.0
parent=Server-8233-E8B-SN100538P
postbootscripts=otherpkgs
postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles
pprofile=service_01
profile=compute
provmethod=rhels7.0-ppc64-install-compute
status=powering-off
statustime=04-29-2014 13:19:40
xcatmaster=9.114.34.137
[root@p7hv16s32p15 rhels7.0]# lsdef -v
lsdef - Version 2.8.4 (git commit 7306ca8abf1c6d8c68d3fc3addc901c1bcb6b7b3, built Mon Apr 21 20:48:59 EDT 2014)
[root@p7hv16s32p15 rhels7.0]# uname -a
Linux p7hv16s32p15.clusters.com 3.10.0-121.el7.ppc64 #1 SMP Tue Apr 8 10:51:18 EDT 2014 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux
[root@p7hv16s32p15 rhels7.0]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.0 (Maipo)
[root@p7hv16s32p15 rhels7.0]#
rnetboot service-06
then failed:
Details:
Calling quiesce...
returning from prom_init
dracut-cmdline[78]: Warning: 'ksdevice=<mac>' is deprecated. Using BOOTIF=01-00- 21-5e-a6-3d-d6 instead.
[ 8.557361] sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 8.557934] sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 8.573378] sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
dracut-initqueue[551]: Error: argument "preferred_lft" is wrong: valid_lft value
dracut-initqueue[551]: curl: (7) Failed to connect to 9.114.34.137: Network is u nreachable
dracut-initqueue[551]: Warning: failed to fetch kickstart from http://9.114.34.1 37:80/install/autoinst/service-06
dracut-initqueue[551]: curl: (7) Failed to connect to 9.114.34.137: Network is u nreachable
dracut-initqueue[551]: Warning: Downloading 'http://9.114.34.137:80/install/rhel s7.0/ppc64/.treeinfo' failed!
dracut-initqueue[551]: Warning: can't find installer mainimage path in .treeinfo
dracut-initqueue[551]: curl: (7) Failed to connect to 9.114.34.137: Network is u nreachable
dracut-initqueue[551]: Warning: Downloading 'http://9.114.34.137:80/install/rhel s7.0/ppc64/LiveOS/squashfs.img' failed!
dracut-initqueue[551]: Warning: Could not boot.
dracut-initqueue[551]: Warning: /dev/root does not exist
Warning: /dev/root does not exist</mac>
Generating "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt"
Entering emergency mode. Exit the shell to continue.
Type "journalctl" to view system logs.
You might want to save "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt" to a USB stick or /boot
after mounting them and attach it to a bug report.
dracut:/# ^C
Jun Xia, we fixed a lot of RHEL 7 problems in xCAT 2.8.5, could you try to see if this problem could still be recreated using the latest 2.8.5 build? thanks.