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Description of problem: autoinstall with usb/cdrom fail, and drop to shell with error, storage_init=/dev/mapper/3600508b*4f2600 storage_vol=500:500:500:500:500:500 firstboot local_boot Starting ovirt-firstboot: Volume group "HostVG" not found Skipping volume group HostVG Local storage must be configured prior to installing but with pxe as install media,the auto install could succeed, after drop to shell, check with lvs/vgs/pvs, nothing found, and also in /dev/mapper/, just /dev/mapper/3600*4f2600 found, The problem is that ovirt-node doesn't even try to create a hostvg, then it report "HostVG not found" error, Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 6.0-15.9 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1,install rhevh with usb/cdrom as install media, 2,boot with storage_init=/dev/mapper/3600508b*4f2600 storage_vol=500:500:500:500:500:500 firstboot local_boot Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Auto-install will only trigger if storage_init and BOOTIF are both specified. Without that, it won't partition. local_boot triggers the upgrade process which will fail because no partitioning has been done. This is documented here: http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Hypervisor_Deployment_Guide/sect-Deployment_Guide-Installing_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization_Hypervisors-RHEV_Hypervisor_Kernel_Parameters_and_Automated_Installation.html