Installation of ppc64le Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4 fails with error "coreos-installer[834]: failed mounting boot partition"
Issue
- The
ppc64le
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4 fails with the errors below post downloadingignition
config while writing down the image to the disk.
[ 3.402836] localhost kernel: scsi 0:0:1:0: CD-ROM AIX VOPTA PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[ 3.403074] localhost kernel: scsi 0:0:2:0: CD-ROM AIX VOPTA PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[ 3.403362] localhost kernel: scsi 0:0:3:0: Direct-Access AIX VDASD 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 3
[ 3.403634] localhost kernel: scsi 0:0:4:0: Direct-Access AIX VDASD 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 3
[............]
[ 3.479148] localhost kernel: scsi 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5
[ 3.479194] localhost kernel: scsi 0:0:2:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[ 3.479245] localhost kernel: scsi 0:0:3:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 3.479292] localhost kernel: scsi 0:0:4:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[ 3.489000] localhost kernel: sr 0:0:1:0: [sr0] scsi-1 drive
[ 3.489002] localhost kernel: cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 3.489682] localhost kernel: sr 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 3.489807] localhost kernel: sr 0:0:2:0: [sr1] scsi-1 drive
[ 3.490444] localhost kernel: sr 0:0:2:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[ 3.503723] localhost kernel: sd 0:0:3:0: [sda] 20971520 4096-byte logical blocks: (85.9 GB/80.0 GiB)
[ 3.503760] localhost kernel: sd 0:0:3:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 3.503762] localhost kernel: sd 0:0:3:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 17 00 00 08
[ 3.503766] localhost kernel: sd 0:0:4:0: [sdb] 15728640 4096-byte logical blocks: (64.4 GB/60.0 GiB)
[ 3.503810] localhost kernel: sd 0:0:4:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 3.503811] localhost kernel: sd 0:0:3:0: [sda] Cache data unavailable
[ 3.503812] localhost kernel: sd 0:0:3:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 3.503814] localhost kernel: sd 0:0:4:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 17 00 00 08
[ 3.503859] localhost kernel: sd 0:0:4:0: [sdb] Cache data unavailable
[ 3.503862] localhost kernel: sd 0:0:4:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 3.505518] localhost kernel: sd 0:0:3:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 3.505923] localhost kernel: sd 0:0:4:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[............]
[ 77.728156] bootstrap coreos-installer[834]: 99%
[ 78.730296] bootstrap coreos-installer[834]: Wiping /dev/sda
[ 78.738199] bootstrap coreos-installer[834]: Writing disk image
[ 109.432912] bootstrap coreos-installer[834]: Waiting for udev
[ 109.530585] bootstrap coreos-installer[834]: Embedding provided Ignition config
[ 109.536003] bootstrap coreos-installer[834]: mount: /mnt/boot_partition: no filesystem type specified.
[............]
[ 138.686467] bootstrap coreos-installer[834]: mount: /mnt/boot_partition: no filesystem type specified.
[ 139.691554] bootstrap coreos-installer[834]: mount: /mnt/boot_partition: no filesystem type specified.
[ 139.692050] bootstrap coreos-installer[834]: failed mounting boot partition
- The disk types are SATA, but not
nvme
.
Environment
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.x
ppc64le
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