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AIMS2 error compilation

This section serves as a log of strange things we saw AIMS2 doing, for the record in case it even helps again.

We welcome any contribution to this page. Ironic and Procurement guys are also contributors to this list.

UEFI world

(NO LONGER RELEVANT AFTER REDESIGN) DXE--CSM Initialization.. too little memory. Aborted. Press any key to exit.
Where it appears Suspected reason Reference Resolution
Loading image with GRUB2 RPM update going wrong - Reinstall aims2-loaders and service aims2sync restart
loading initrd ...error: you need to load the kernel first. Press any key to continue...alloc magic is broken at 0x4b9bd7e0: 0. Aborted. Press any key to exit.
Where it appears Suspected reason Reference Resolution
Loading image with GRUB2 Image is not on disk AIMS2 xinetd logs show error 404 This should not happen anymore after the redesign
loading initrd ...error: connection timeout.
Where it appears Suspected reason Reference Resolution
Loading image with GRUB2 Slow download speeds Check download speed before client error Reduce the amount of clients contacting AIMS2 or check network
loading initrd ...error: out of memory
Where it appears Suspected reason Reference Resolution
Loading image with GRUB2 Image too big. Hitting 4G memory limits - Reduce image size
loading initrd ...error: cannot allocate memory
Where it appears Suspected reason Reference Resolution
Loading image with GRUB2 Broken BIOS - Reinstall BIOS firmware and reload the BIOS config
loading initrd ...error: couldn't find suitable memory target
Where it appears Suspected reason Reference Resolution
Loading image with GRUB2 Unknown - Reduce image size
Reboot and Select proper Boot device. Please press the <DEL> key into BIOS setup menu...
Where it appears Suspected reason Reference Resolution
- Unknown - Unknown
DXE--CSM Initialization..error: no such partition. Entering rescue mode...
Where it appears Suspected reason Reference Resolution
- Unknown - Unknown
PXE-E21: Remote Boot cancelled
Where it appears Suspected reason Reference Resolution
HNS2600KP models Old PXE client dnsmasq code: pxe_uefi_workaround @ rfc2131.c Use BIOS mode

 

BIOS world

Loading kernel reboots the node
Where it appears Confirmed reason Reference Resolution
HNS2600KP models Advanced -> Power & Performance": Enable CPU HWPM=HWPM NATIVE MODE. This setting must be disabled -> `Enable CPU HWPM=Disabled` Continuous restarts, no installation starts Reset BIOS settings, then reinstall