Bootable CD from Golden Image does not work in Ignite 5.3.35

[Dany Gustin]

IGNITE VERSION 5.3.35 debug level 5
Installing a CD-based installation from a Golden Image
======================================================

...
TEST: run_cmd("/sbin/sh /tmp/ign_configure/archive_script")
pax_iux: opt/ignite/bin : File exists
* Processed 10% of archive
...
* Completed 100% of archive
DEBUG: sigchld: wait'ed on process: 140 (last_pid=140)
ERROR: Cannot load OS archive (HP-UX B.11.00 64bit)
DEBUG: monitor_swagent_log: start=0, mon_pid=0

DEBUG SHELL:
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When running the archive_script myself it works perfectly, but returns 1 ("echo $?") instead of the expected 0.
WHY ???
I've checked the tar-gzipped golden image and it is perfect!

[Dany Gustin]

THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN BUG, here's what the response center gave us.
I'll try it out shortly.

> Errors during golden image installs in B.5.3 and B.5.4 (updated).
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This issue is documented in the CR JAGaf19725 in chart. The headline of
the CR reads "pax_iux error during Golden Image install due to problem with
SYSCMDS".
>
> Who is impacted by this problem?
>
> This affects all Ignite-UX servers running versions B.5.3 and B.5.4 _and_
doing custom golden image installs of any target HP-UX version 10.20 ->
11.23. These are installs from images created manually with make_sys_image,
rather than automatically via make_net_recovery.
>
> How do I know if I have the problem?
>
> There are two symptoms of this problem:
>
> 1) The pax error message:
>
> pax_iux: opt/ignite/bin : File exists
>
> printed just before the message:
>
> * Processed 10% of archive
>
> 2) Ignite-UX, after loading all of the archive, stops with an error:
>
> * Completed 100% of archive
> ERROR: Cannot load OS archive (English HP-UX B.11.11 64 Bit (image of
rusty.rose.hp.com))
>
> The configuration process has incurred an error, would you like to push a
shell for debugging purposes? (y/[n]):
>
> What is the workaround?
>
> The workaround is to add logic to the archive config files in the
sw_source "core archive" stanza. The specific logic is:
>
> is_hppa {
> pre_load_cmd += "
> if [[ ! -d /opt/ignite/binpa ]]
> then
> /sbin/mkdir /opt/ignite/binpa
> /sbin/chmod 555 /opt/ignite/binpa
> /sbin/chown bin:bin /opt/ignite/binpa
> /sbin/mv /opt/ignite/bin/print_manifest /opt/ignite/binpa
> /usr/bin/rmdir /opt/ignite/bin
> /usr/bin/ln -s /opt/ignite/binpa /opt/ignite/bin
> fi
> "
> }
>
> is_ia64 {
> pre_load_cmd += "
> if [[ ! -d /opt/ignite/binia ]]
> then
> /sbin/mkdir /opt/ignite/binia
> /sbin/chmod 555 /opt/ignite/binia
> /sbin/chown bin:bin /opt/ignite/binia
> /sbin/mv /opt/ignite/bin/print_manifest /opt/ignite/binia
> /usr/bin/rmdir /opt/ignite/bin
> /usr/bin/ln -s /opt/ignite/binia /opt/ignite/bin
> fi
> "
> }
>
>
> An example stanza:
>
> #########################################################
> ## Software Sources
> #########################################################
>
> sw_source "core archive" {
> description = "HP-UX Core Operating System Archives"
> load_order = 0
> source_format = archive
> source_type="NET"
>
> # When using this config file with a tape or CD-ROM where
> # the archive is on the same piece of media, then un-comment
> # the next line to prevent a prompt to change media during
> # install.
> # change_media=FALSE
>
> #
> # fix for pax archive extraction errors on PA-RISC systems
> #
> is_hppa {
> pre_load_cmd += "
> if [[ ! -d /opt/ignite/binpa ]]
> then
> /sbin/mkdir /opt/ignite/binpa
> /sbin/chmod 555 /opt/ignite/binpa
> /sbin/chown bin:bin /opt/ignite/binpa
> /sbin/mv /opt/ignite/bin/print_manifest /opt/ignite/binpa
> /usr/bin/rmdir /opt/ignite/bin
> /usr/bin/ln -s /opt/ignite/binpa /opt/ignite/bin
> fi
> "
> }
>
>
> #
> # fix for pax archive extraction errors on IPF systems
> #
> is_ia64 {
> pre_load_cmd += "
> if [[ ! -d /opt/ignite/binia ]]
> then
> /sbin/mkdir /opt/ignite/binia
> /sbin/chmod 555 /opt/ignite/binia
> /sbin/chown bin:bin /opt/ignite/binia
> /sbin/mv /opt/ignite/bin/print_manifest /opt/ignite/binia
> /usr/bin/rmdir /opt/ignite/bin
> /usr/bin/ln -s /opt/ignite/binia /opt/ignite/bin
> fi
> "
> }
>
> # The following 2 scripts should be reviewed to see if the
> # defined defaults are applicable. If you need to modify
> # them, copy them to /var/opt/ignite/scripts first and change
> # the paths here.
> post_load_script = "/opt/ignite/data/scripts/os_arch_post_l"
> post_config_script = "/opt/ignite/data/scripts/os_arch_post_c"
>
> # If nfs_source is used, be sure to export the source.
> nfs_source = "15.1.1.1:/var/opt/ignite/archives/Rel_B.11.11"
>
> # ftp_source and remsh_source are alternate ways to copy
> # the archive. An example of the ftp syntax:
> # ftp_source = "anonymous@15.1.54.123:iux"
> # remsh_source = "user@15.1.54.123"
> }
>

[Steven E. Protter]

pax_iux is a tricky little program. It works like pax, but if you have the wrong patch on pax when you build the golden image, pax_iux can't unpack the archive.

You may if possible need to check your pax patch level and rebuild the golden image.

SEP

[Dany Gustin]

It's a bug in IGNITE 5.3 and 5.4 as explained above.
So no need for a new golden image, but to implement a workaround to create the right directory.

WORKS PERFECT NOW.

[Nivesh Patnaik]

Something else I have noticed while making compressed archives using make_sys_image is that /opt/ignite/bin is not captured in the archive.

/opt/ignite/bin directory was a link to /opt/ignite/binpa.

I even used the -g option with make_sys_image and specified an include file containing specifically /opt/ignite/bin and that didn't work.

Finally, I removed the /opt/ignite/bin link, created a new directory /opt/ignite/bin and copied over all the files from /opt/ignite/binpa into /opt/ignite/bin.

When I created a new archive and checked, /opt/ignite/bin and all the files underneath (not just print_manifest) were in there.