[arch-general] Supermicro cd/dvd inst error: ARCH_201603 device did not show up after 30 seconds

[Dave]

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On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 11:24 PM, David C. Rankin <
drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:

> All,
>
>   First let me explain I have search through the forums, StackExchange site
> (SuperUser & Linux Unix StackExhange) and read the problems with similar
> title,
> 90% of which were USB install and related to failure to have the proper
> iso name
> (e.g ARCH_201603) as the image name, the other 10% were related to
> /dev/disk/by-label not being created and suggest the creation of the
> directory
> and symlink of the install device (e.g. /dev/sr0 to
> /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201603) and exiting the maintenance shell to have
> the
> install pickup and continue. Neither of these are a solution.
>
>   I have one Supermicro server (similar but slightly older) where the
> install
> went without issue (H8QM8-2 w/4 Opteron 8360SE). This server is the
> H8DME-2-LS006 Rev 1.10 w/2 Opteron 8382 processors. (specs:
> http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron2000/MCP55/H8DME-2.cfm)
>
>   Initially, the boot would hang during pci activation with the line
>
>     pci 000:00:1a.0: [1a:1e:1100] type -- class 0x060000
>
>   I reset the bios to the failsafe defaults, still no joy.
>
>   The Hardware Detection Tool showed a 3Leaf Systems, Inc.|unknown device
> at
> that address, the details of which were:
>
>     Vendor   : 3Leaf Systems, Inc.
>     Product  : unknown
>     Class    : Host bridge
>     Location : 00:1a.0
>     PCI ID   : 1a1e:1100[0000:0000]
>     Latency  : 0
>     Module   : unknown
>
>   Looking though all the bios options, trying one at a time, I found an
> option
> for something related to AQUA (? This board an AQUA were apparently the
> brainchild of 3Leaf, Inc. now out of business
> http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1172150 which allowed you to
> link 32
> Opteron processors into a single server)
>
>   So disabling AQUA completely in the bios allowed the box to boot
> normally all
> the way though:
>
>     :: running hook [archiso_pxe_nfs]
>     :: Mounting '/dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201603' to '/run/archiso/bootmnt'
>     Waiting 30 seconds for devices....
>
>   then the error and I'm dropped to the maintenance shell (e.g. [rootfs
> /]# ).
> I've tried the solutions shown at the beginning but I still can't proceed
> with
> the remainder of the install. When I create the /dev/disk/by-label
> directory,
> create the symlink, and exit the maintenance shell, I get the following
> error:
>
>     Buffer I/O error on dev sr0 logical block 0, async page read
>     sr 6:0:1:0 [sr0] tag#0 UNKNOWN(0x2003) Result:hostbyte-0x00
> driverbyte=0x08
>     sr 6:0:1:0 [sr0] tag#0 Sense Key : 0x4 [current]
>     sr 6:0:1:0 [sr0] tag#0 ASC=0x8 ASCQ=0x3
>     sr 6:0:1:0 [sr0] tag#0 CDB: opcode: 0x28 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00
>     blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0
>     isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=sr0, iso_blknum=16, block=16
>
>   So I need help from the smart folks here. I'm not entirely sure what this
> error is telling me other than there is some UNKNOWN result that prevents
> the
> archiso mount. With this AQUA setting completely disabled in the bios, I
> don't
> know if this error is related to that setting, but I suspect it is. What
> could I
> try to get past this error? Is there some kernel parameter I coud try to
> pass at
> boot that might help? Has anyone else seen this or found another solution?
>
>   Thanks for any advise you can give..
>
> --
> David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
>