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coordination #151816: [epic] Handle openQA fixes and job group setup

Textmode auto-installation fails in spvm due to partitioning error

Added by syrianidou_sofia about 1 month ago. Updated about 1 month ago.

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Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
tinawang123
Target version:
-
Start date:
2024-03-13
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Tags:
qe-yam-mar-sprint

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Recently the PPC grenache worker was restored and ppc tests run again. For create_hdd_gnome though, we see constant failures at the early step of bootloader_start module. The create_hdd_textmode test is successful, following the same steps. Noticable difference so far at lsblk step, the sda disk seems not to be empty and unformatted: https://openqa.suse.de/tests/13768555#step/bootloader_start/39

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  • Find the root cause.
  • Implement a fix, if possible.
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 #1

Updated by syrianidou_sofia about 1 month ago

  • Priority changed from Normal to High
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Updated by syrianidou_sofia about 1 month ago

  • Project changed from openQA Tests to qe-yam
  • Description updated (diff)
  • Category deleted (Bugs in existing tests)
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Updated by JERiveraMoya about 1 month ago

  • Tags set to qe-yam-mar-sprint
  • Status changed from New to Workable
  • Priority changed from High to Normal
  • Parent task set to #151816
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Updated by tinawang123 about 1 month ago

  • Status changed from Workable to In Progress
  • Assignee set to tinawang123
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Updated by JERiveraMoya about 1 month ago

  • Subject changed from ppc autoyast gnome test fails at bootloader to [timebox: 8h] ppc autoyast gnome test fails at bootloader
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Updated by tinawang123 about 1 month ago

The parted command failed because at /dev/sda2 has one grub2/powerpc-ieee1275 file.
Checked autoyast profile, it was configured by this profile:

/dev/sda
gpt
true
....

true
boot/grub2/powerpc-ieee1275

I checked the passed job eg: https://openqa.suse.de/tests/11194203
It didn't do parted command before installation.

There are two solutions:

  1. Use the passed job https://openqa.suse.de/tests/13711367 to generate one new autoyast profile.
  2. Don't do parted before installation and check the result.

But now the powervm worker has some problem， it stopped at grub page:
https://openqa.suse.de/tests/13788186#step/bootloader_start/23

Need debug it later.

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Updated by JERiveraMoya about 1 month ago

  • Subject changed from [timebox: 8h] ppc autoyast gnome test fails at bootloader to Textmode auto-installation fails in spvm due to partitioning error
  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved

tinawang123 wrote in #note-6:

The parted command failed because at /dev/sda2 has one grub2/powerpc-ieee1275 file.
Checked autoyast profile, it was configured by this profile:

/dev/sda
gpt
true
....

true
boot/grub2/powerpc-ieee1275

I checked the passed job eg: https://openqa.suse.de/tests/11194203
It didn't do parted command before installation.

There are two solutions:

  1. Use the passed job https://openqa.suse.de/tests/13711367 to generate one new autoyast profile.
  2. Don't do parted before installation and check the result.

But now the powervm worker has some problem， it stopped at grub page:
https://openqa.suse.de/tests/13788186#step/bootloader_start/23

Need debug it later.

We need to wipe and recreate partitions in order to have more stable installation (if we drop the check we might find sporadic failures in the future).
The failure is with this command: https://openqa.suse.de/tests/13768555#step/bootloader_start/35
You can compare with this old passing job: https://openqa.suse.de/tests/11163215#step/bootloader_start/35

Let's resolve this ticket. thanks for the investigation.

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