CubeOS installation
CubeOS come with 3 types of installation method:
- img, USB Flash Drive
- iso, BMC Virtual Media or DVD Media
- PXE server bootable media (img/iso)
Login
Login to Cube Appliance Installer with username : admin and password : admin
uefi-installer login: admin
Password: admin
Welcome to the Cube Appliance Installer
Welcome to the Cube Appliance
Enter "help" for a list of available commands
uefi-installer>
1. Restore Image
To install CubeOS, simply type in CLI restore and select the target disk that you wish to install
Welcome to the Cube Appliance
Enter "help" for a list of available commands
uefi-installer> restore
1: sda 744.6G PERC
2: sdb 5.1T PERC
3: sdc 5.1T PERC
Enter index: 1
Restoring CUBE_2.2.4_20220427-1747_191d9fdd on /dev/sda
Enter 'YES' to confirm: YES
Starting restore...
Partitioning disk
Formatting boot partition
Formatting swap partition
Formatting partition 1
Installing CUBE_2.2.4_20220427-1747_191d9fdd
Formatting system storage partition
Running install script
Installing postinstall script
Creating backup partition 2
Formatting partition 2
Installing CUBE_2.2.4_20220427-1747_191d9fdd
Running install script
Installing postinstall script
Formatting data storage partition
Finished installing. Please remove media if required and reboot appliance.
2. Reboot
uefi-installer> reboot
Enter 'YES' to confirm: YES
Troubleshooting
Error : No images found
Welcome to the Cube Appliance
Enter "help" for a list of available commands
uefi-installer> restore
hex_install: Error: No images found
Unexpected error
uefi-installer>
Switch to root shell
login with username: root and password: admin
uefi-installer>exit
uefi-installer login: root
Password: admin
Last login: Mon Jul 11 06:49:03 on ttyS0
Welcome to the Cube Appliance Installer
#
Check the mount point
Manually mount
# mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt/install
# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 744.6G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 1000M 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 2G 0 part
├─sda5 8:5 0 357.4G 0 part
├─sda6 8:6 0 357.4G 0 part
└─sda7 8:7 0 26.9G 0 part
sdb 8:16 0 5.1T 0 disk
├─sdb1 8:17 0 400M 0 part
├─sdb2 8:18 0 400M 0 part
├─sdb3 8:19 0 2.6T 0 part
└─sdb4 8:20 0 2.6T 0 part
sdc 8:32 0 5.1T 0 disk
├─sdc1 8:33 0 400M 0 part
├─sdc2 8:34 0 400M 0 part
├─sdc3 8:35 0 2.6T 0 part
└─sdc4 8:36 0 2.6T 0 part
sdd 8:48 1 28.7G 0 disk
└─sdd1 8:49 1 5.7G 0 part /mnt/install
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
sr1 11:1 1 1024M 0 rom
Switch back to admin CLI and follow the steps 1 and begin the installation
# su admin
Welcome to the Cube Appliance Installer
Welcome to the Cube Appliance
Enter "help" for a list of available commands
uefi-installer>