Bug 1741922 - [DOCS] Failed to open file error during iPXE install
Summary: [DOCS] Failed to open file error during iPXE install
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: OpenShift Container Platform
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Documentation
Version: 4.1.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
medium
Target Milestone: ---
: 4.1.z
Assignee: Ashley Hardin
QA Contact: David Sanz
Vikram Goyal
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-08-16 12:57 UTC by rvanderp
Modified: 2020-02-11 10:19 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2019-12-04 18:40:10 UTC
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Description rvanderp 2019-08-16 12:57:51 UTC
Document URL: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.1/installing/installing_bare_metal/installing-bare-metal.html#installation-user-infra-machines-pxe_installing-bare-metal

Section Number and Name: iPXE kernel arguments

Describe the issue: 
During the bootstrapping from iPXE to RHCOS, an error message is shown such as:

Failed to open file: http:\\the-server:8080\rhcos-4.1.0-x86_64-installer-initramfs.img

Suggestions for improvement: 
The `initrd` argument is treated as a file and not a URL.  iPXE has already downloaded rhcos-4.1.0-x86_64-installer-initramfs.img.  Setting `initrd=rhcos-4.1.0-x86_64-installer-initramfs.img` allows the installation to progress.

Additional information: 

[not working] -
kernel http://the-server:8080/rhcos-4.1.0-x86_64-installer-kernel ip=dhcp rd.neednet=1 initrd=http://the-server:8080/rhcos-4.1.0-x86_64-installer-initramfs.img console=tty0 console=ttyS0 coreos.inst=yes coreos.inst.install_dev=sda coreos.inst.image_url=http://the-server:8080/rhcos-4.1.0-x86_64-metal-uefi.raw.gz coreos.inst.ignition_url=http://the-server:8080/dist/rhcos/ign/bootstrap.ign
initrd http://the-server:8080/rhcos-4.1.0-x86_64-installer-initramfs.img

[working] -
kernel http://the-server:8080/rhcos-4.1.0-x86_64-installer-kernel ip=dhcp rd.neednet=1 initrd=rhcos-4.1.0-x86_64-installer-initramfs.img console=tty0 console=ttyS0 coreos.inst=yes coreos.inst.install_dev=sda coreos.inst.image_url=http://the-server:8080/rhcos-4.1.0-x86_64-metal-uefi.raw.gz coreos.inst.ignition_url=http://the-server:8080/dist/rhcos/ign/bootstrap.ign
initrd http://the-server:8080/rhcos-4.1.0-x86_64-installer-initramfs.img

Comment 1 Ashley Hardin 2019-10-23 19:08:51 UTC
Work in progress: https://github.com/openshift/openshift-docs/pull/17561

Comment 7 Ashley Hardin 2019-12-03 14:47:56 UTC
QE approved in the PR


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