[Atlas-anchors-pilot] My Anchor is here!

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

(copying in the list, as others might run into the same issues)

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 11:58:09AM +0100, Michela Galante wrote:
> You can find the complete installation instructions at https://atlas.ripe.net/doc/anchor-installation/

This is what I tried following.

The BootDrive was already set right ("81 first"):

> show BootDrive
 = 81 80 F0 FF 

... I dd'ed the image to a nice and shiny 8G USB stick (the "20 years 
RIPE NCC" stick, incidentially), put it into the front USB port, and
powercycled the box.

It can *see* the USB stick...

SATA AHCI BIOS ver. 0.61 20121115  Copyright (C) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation

Controller Bus#02, Device#06, Function#00: 02 Ports, 01 Devices
  Port-00: Hard Disk, INTEL SSDMCEAC240B3            
  Port-01: No device detected

Soekris USB Expansion ROM ver. 1.01  20111203

81: USB 01                          Xlt -2-32   Mbyte


(the "81: USB 01..." line is not there when the stick is not in), even
thugh the message is a bit weird.

It does not want to boot from it, though...


 1 Seconds to automatic boot.   Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor.

Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.72
Copyright (C) 1997-2010, Intel Corporation

PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable                                       
PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel Boot Agent.

No Boot device available, enter monitor.


comBIOS Monitor.   Press ? for help.


... so I tried another stick (4G, this time), and *that one* was 
properly recognized:

81: USB 01  USB 2.0 USB Flash Drive Xlt 988-128-63  3987 Mbyte

... and starts to install... \o/

+----------------------------------------------------------+
|      Welcome to CentOS 6.4 for RIPE Atlas Anchors!       |
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Install or upgrade an existing system                    |
| Rescue installed system                                  


So -> if it isn't working for you, try another USB stick, don't use
RIPE-provide ones... *duck*

Gert Doering
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