[xcat-user] x3950 xCAT install hung on post-install

[redouane Al-tubor]

HI,
What are u running in your post? Try to tail -f your var/log/messages you
might find something
I suggest to go through the normal installation without adding any
customized post and after so run your post scripts manually and | to logger


- RN

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Matthew Newton <mnewton at us.ibm.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install some xSeries 3950 systems using xCAT. I had to add
> mac addresses and configure BMC manually, since I don't have a 1-1 mapping
> of switch ports to nodes in my environment. Things move along fine until it
> gets to the post-install ("Running post-install scripts" on the kickstart
> console), and there it hangs. Is there a log file or something else I can
> look at to figure out what's going on here?
>
> Looking at all the virtual consoles when it's stuck, I see that all of the
> postscript / *.pdb files seem to be downloaded successfully, and grub is
> also installed successfully.
>
> I also took all of the PCI adapters I had in the machine (a 4-port ethernet
> and 2 FC adapters) and the same thing happens.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Matt Newton
> Solutions Development
> Watson Strategic Initiatives Engineering
> 914-945-2196
> mnewton at us.ibm.com
>
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