Atom-pc, usb installation - NO BOOTABLE DEVICE

Atom-pc, usb installation - NO BOOTABLE DEVICE

[Simon Bolek]

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Hi,

The following is the case:
1) atom-pc with ssd 80 GB hard drive(the only one, no optical, no usb,
etc.) as a target device
2) core-image-sato bitbaked and moved to usb device successfully
3) usb 'install' to atom-pc successfull (so the install script says)
4) after removing the usb device, pressing enter the boot says NO BOOTABLE
DEVICE

WHY?

At the same time, ISO image (generated at the same bitbake run) is working
in virtual box like a charm. 'Install' was successfull and booting fine - i
get GRUB menu with one 'Linux' entry as expected.

On the Atom-pc this is not working. So something has to be missing. Maybe
you will have a clue.
Here are the details:
The SSD HDD is /dev/sda  with the partition table:
/dev/sda1 - boot
/dev/sda2 - rootfs
/dev/sda3 - swap
there is no asterix at boot partition

under /dev/sda1/grub there is grub.cfg with:
menuentry "Linux" {
   set root=(hd0,1)
   linux /vmlinux root=/dev/sda2 rw
}
  - so first HDD, first/boot partition
  - it points to /vmlinuz and /dev/sda2
It looks fine for me.
I already tried to dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=4M, and 'install' from
usb again, but no luck.
I already tried to put asterix on the boot partition, but than BOOT gets me
to *grub rescue>*

If you have any ideas, where to look for, please let me know.

thank you and best regards
simon :-)

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Re: Atom-pc, usb installation - NO BOOTABLE DEVICE

[ChenQi]

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On 01/09/2015 05:31 PM, Simon Bolek wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The following is the case:
> 1) atom-pc with ssd 80 GB hard drive(the only one, no optical, no usb, 
> etc.) as a target device
> 2) core-image-sato bitbaked and moved to usb device successfully
> 3) usb 'install' to atom-pc successfull (so the install script says)
> 4) after removing the usb device, pressing enter the boot says NO 
> BOOTABLE DEVICE
>
> WHY?
>

The minimal installer in OE has the problem of hardcoding disk names in 
grub configuration file instead of using UUID.
So it's possible that you may experience boot failures due to the change 
of disk names.

//Chen Qi

> At the same time, ISO image (generated at the same bitbake run) is 
> working in virtual box like a charm. 'Install' was successfull and 
> booting fine - i get GRUB menu with one 'Linux' entry as expected.
>
> On the Atom-pc this is not working. So something has to be missing. 
> Maybe you will have a clue.
> Here are the details:
> The SSD HDD is /dev/sda  with the partition table:
> /dev/sda1 - boot
> /dev/sda2 - rootfs
> /dev/sda3 - swap
> there is no asterix at boot partition
>
> under /dev/sda1/grub there is grub.cfg with:
> menuentry "Linux" {
>    set root=(hd0,1)
>    linux /vmlinux root=/dev/sda2 rw
> }
>   - so first HDD, first/boot partition
>   - it points to /vmlinuz and /dev/sda2
> It looks fine for me.
> I already tried to dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=4M, and 'install' 
> from usb again, but no luck.
> I already tried to put asterix on the boot partition, but than BOOT 
> gets me to /grub rescue>/
>
> If you have any ideas, where to look for, please let me know.
>
> thank you and best regards
> simon :-)
>
>


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Re: Atom-pc, usb installation - NO BOOTABLE DEVICE

[Chris Tapp]

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On 9 Jan 2015, at 09:31, Simon Bolek <simon.bolek@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> The following is the case: 
> 1) atom-pc with ssd 80 GB hard drive(the only one, no optical, no usb, etc.) as a target device
> 2) core-image-sato bitbaked and moved to usb device successfully
> 3) usb 'install' to atom-pc successfull (so the install script says)
> 4) after removing the usb device, pressing enter the boot says NO BOOTABLE DEVICE

I've seen this is the past with an eSata device. Changing the BIOS emulation mode for the device fixed it - I can't remember exactly what I had to do, but I think I needed to set it to "IDE" mode to get the install to work (it would then boot using either mode).

> WHY?
> 
> At the same time, ISO image (generated at the same bitbake run) is working in virtual box like a charm. 'Install' was successfull and booting fine - i get GRUB menu with one 'Linux' entry as expected.
> 
> On the Atom-pc this is not working. So something has to be missing. Maybe you will have a clue. 
> Here are the details:
> The SSD HDD is /dev/sda  with the partition table: 
> /dev/sda1 - boot
> /dev/sda2 - rootfs
> /dev/sda3 - swap
> there is no asterix at boot partition
> 
> under /dev/sda1/grub there is grub.cfg with:
> menuentry "Linux" {
>    set root=(hd0,1)
>    linux /vmlinux root=/dev/sda2 rw
> }
>   - so first HDD, first/boot partition 
>   - it points to /vmlinuz and /dev/sda2   
> It looks fine for me.
> I already tried to dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=4M, and 'install' from usb again, but no luck.
> I already tried to put asterix on the boot partition, but than BOOT gets me to grub rescue>
> 
> If you have any ideas, where to look for, please let me know.
> 
> thank you and best regards
> simon :-)
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Re: Atom-pc, usb installation - NO BOOTABLE DEVICE

[Simon Bolek]

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Chris, Thanks for your hint. In my BIOS there is no way to set such a mode.
However, all of a sudden it had started to boot ok. It was after I reseted
the /dev/sda a couple of times. It is strange and I will try it with
another hardware. I know best how that sounds, when you hear: "i really did
nothing in between", but i really did nothing. I just reseted the disk 3-4
times installing the system from usb every time after reset like this:

1) plug-in usb and choose 'boot' option (boot is automatic, so no TAB
needed at startup)
2) after system booted up, clean target disk with
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=4M
3) reboot, but this time use TAB to choose 'install' option from USB
4) installing.... (in my case SSD HDD /dev/sda)

5) optional step for me: parted /dev/sda set 1 boot on - as this is not set
by install.sh script

Interesting was that, there is no need to set boot partition for ISO image
in VBox to run fine, but hey! i adjusted initrd and DONE! I can test my
image now!


thank you and best regards
simon :-)

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 9:52 PM, Chris Tapp <opensource@keylevel.com> wrote:

>
> On 9 Jan 2015, at 09:31, Simon Bolek <simon.bolek@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The following is the case:
> 1) atom-pc with ssd 80 GB hard drive(the only one, no optical, no usb,
> etc.) as a target device
> 2) core-image-sato bitbaked and moved to usb device successfully
> 3) usb 'install' to atom-pc successfull (so the install script says)
> 4) after removing the usb device, pressing enter the boot says NO BOOTABLE
> DEVICE
>
>
> I've seen this is the past with an eSata device. Changing the BIOS
> emulation mode for the device fixed it - I can't remember exactly what I
> had to do, but I think I needed to set it to "IDE" mode to get the install
> to work (it would then boot using either mode).
>
> WHY?
>
> At the same time, ISO image (generated at the same bitbake run) is working
> in virtual box like a charm. 'Install' was successfull and booting fine - i
> get GRUB menu with one 'Linux' entry as expected.
>
> On the Atom-pc this is not working. So something has to be missing. Maybe
> you will have a clue.
> Here are the details:
> The SSD HDD is /dev/sda  with the partition table:
> /dev/sda1 - boot
> /dev/sda2 - rootfs
> /dev/sda3 - swap
> there is no asterix at boot partition
>
> under /dev/sda1/grub there is grub.cfg with:
> menuentry "Linux" {
>    set root=(hd0,1)
>    linux /vmlinux root=/dev/sda2 rw
> }
>   - so first HDD, first/boot partition
>   - it points to /vmlinuz and /dev/sda2
> It looks fine for me.
> I already tried to dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=4M, and 'install' from
> usb again, but no luck.
> I already tried to put asterix on the boot partition, but than BOOT gets
> me to *grub rescue>*
>
> If you have any ideas, where to look for, please let me know.
>
> thank you and best regards
> simon :-)
> --
> _______________________________________________
> yocto mailing list
> yocto@yoctoproject.org
> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
>
>
> --
>
> Chris Tapp
> opensource@keylevel.com
> www.keylevel.com
>
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>
>

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