[Starlingx-discuss] about NVME disk as the boot disk

[Saul Wold]

On 3/12/19 6:54 AM, Penney, Don wrote:
> Hi Yong,
> 
> Please see the following reference:
> 
> https://docs.starlingx.io/installation_guide/index.html#nvme-drive-as-boot-drive
> 
> Edit the kernel boot parameter. After you are presented with the 
> StarlingX ISO boot options and after you have selected the preferred 
> installation option (e.g. Standard Configuration / All-in-One Controller 
> Configuration), press the TAB key to edit the Kernel boot parameters. 
> Modify the *boot_device* and *rootfs_device* from the default *sda* so 
> that it is the correct device name for the NVMe drive (e.g. “nvme0n1”).
> 

While editing the kernel cmdline is a workaround for this issue, does it 
also make sense to have a launchpad issue and work to fix the logic in 
selecting an appropriate boot/rootfs device target. There already is 
some logic to check for a USB device and fail out, so why not move that 
into the loop and have it auto detect nvme devices.  Another option 
would be to change the ordering in pre_disk_setup_common code.

Sau!

> Cheers,
> 
> Don.
> 
> *From:*Hu, Yong [mailto:yong.hu at intel.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 12, 2019 8:51 AM
> *To:* starlingx-discuss at lists.starlingx.io
> *Subject:* [Starlingx-discuss] about NVME disk as the boot disk
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> I was installing StarlingX in a NUC with 2 NVME disks (without other HD 
> or SATA disks), and the installation was ended up with an issue as follows:
> 
> “ERROR: Specified installation (sda) or boot (sda) device is a USB drive.”
> 
> It seemed NVME disk was not recognized as valid boot disk.
> 
> With the help from @Saul, we found in “bsp-files/grub.cfg”, 
> “boot_device” and “rootfs_device” were by default set as “sda” in ks 
> cmdline:
> 
> /linuxefi /vmlinuz inst.ks=hd:LABEL=oe_iso_boot:/smallsystem_ks.cfg 
> boot_device=sda rootfs_device=sda biosdevname=0 usbcore.autosuspend=-1 
> console=tty0 inst.text inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=oe_iso_boot inst.gpt 
> security_profile=standard user_namespace.enable=1/
> 
> So, there are 2 ways to make NVME disks work as boot disk:
> 
>  1. to change the grub cmdline, with “nvme0n1” for “rootfs_device” and
>     “boot_device” accordingly, during the installation.
>  2. Not to set “rootfs_device” and “boot_device” in ks cmdline, and let
>     “bsp-files/kickstarts/pre_disk_setup_common.cfg” detect “nvme0n1”
>     dynamically.
> 
> Though, I wonder if there are other better ways in such a case.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Yong
> 
> 
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