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early set_bootscript_hdd causes boot information is removed before IPXE boot

Added by dawei_pang 8 months ago. Updated 5 months ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Target version:
-
Start date:
2023-09-14
Due date:
% Done:

0%

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Description

Observation

openQA test in scenario sle-15-SP4-Full-x86_64-install_os@64bit-ipmi-hana05 fails in
installation

Test suite description

set_bootscript_hdd() after sleep 120s, at that time, most servers need more than 2 minutes to finish boot so PXE boot runs into failure because clear boot information is too early.

Reproducible

Fails since (at least) Build GM (current job)

Expected result

Last good: GM (or more recent)

Further details

Always latest result in this scenario: latest

Actions #1

Updated by dawei_pang 7 months ago

set_bootscript_hdd() is optional for most servers with UEFI boot mode, installer can update boot order to boot installed OS as priority.

Adding set_bootscript_hdd if get_var('IPXE_UEFI'); breaks our testing, we successfully run testing without this line for a long time.

Discussed with Martin Doucha who added this line, his test bed is SuperMicro,

SuperMicro UEFI machines ignore the "force PXE boot" flag, they have to be configured to *ALWAYS* use the following BIOS boot order:
They have to be configured to *ALWAYS* use the following BIOS boot order: 1. PXE 2. HDD

supermicro system has firmware issue to support UEFI standard, so I suggest to make set_bootscript_hdd if get_var('IPXE_UEFI'); enabled for supermicro only.

Actions #2

Updated by maritawerner 7 months ago

  • Project changed from openQA Tests to qe-yam
  • Category deleted (Bugs in existing tests)
Actions #3

Updated by rainerkoenig 5 months ago

  • Status changed from New to Workable
Actions #4

Updated by rainerkoenig 5 months ago

Is this issue still valid?

Actions #5

Updated by dawei_pang 5 months ago

  • Status changed from Workable to Resolved

rainerkoenig wrote in #note-4:

Is this issue still valid?

No, let me mark it as resolved, thanks!

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