why i can't install grub? ERROR: grub-install failed on: /dev/vda

[zhuiwang]

ONIE:/ # onie-nos-install http://192.168.1.200:1080/sonic-cavium.bin discover: installer mode detected. Stopping: discover... done. Info: Attempting http://192.168.1.200:1080/sonic-cavium.bin ... Connecting to 192.168.1.200:1080 (192.168.1.200:1080) installer 100% |***| 455M 0:00:00 ETA ONIE: Executing installer: http://192.168.1.200:1080/sonic-cavium.bin Verifying image checksum ... OK. Preparing image archive ... OK. Installing SONiC in ONIE ONIE Installer: platform: x86_64-cavium-r0 onie_platform: x86_64-kvm_x86_64-r0 deleting partition 3 ... Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on Warning: The kernel is still using the old partition table. The new table will be used at the next reboot. The operation has completed successfully. Partition #1 is in use. Partition #2 is in use. Partition #3 is available Creating new SONiC-OS partition /dev/vda3 ... Warning: The kernel is still using the old partition table. The new table will be used at the next reboot. The operation has completed successfully. mke2fs 1.42.13 (17-May-2015) Creating filesystem with 8388608 4k blocks and 2097152 inodes Filesystem UUID: be588b7f-76d8-430e-924d-b9e04e821baf Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 4096000, 7962624

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

Installing SONiC to /tmp/tmp.5PocPP/image-master.0-dirty-20180621.003059 Archive: fs.zip creating: boot/ inflating: boot/config-3.16.0-5-amd64 inflating: boot/System.map-3.16.0-5-amd64 inflating: boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-5-amd64 inflating: boot/config-3.16.0-4-amd64 inflating: boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-5-amd64 inflating: boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-amd64 inflating: boot/System.map-3.16.0-4-amd64 inflating: boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-amd64 creating: platform/ inflating: platform/firsttime creating: platform/x86_64-grub/ inflating: platform/x86_64-grub/grub-pc-bin_2.02~beta2-22+deb8u1_amd64.deb inflating: fs.squashfs ONIE: Unable to find 'Part Number' TLV in EEPROM data. Success: Support tarball created: /tmp/onie-support-kvm_x86_64.tar.bz2 ERROR: grub-install failed on: /dev/vda grub-install: error: /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/modinfo.sh doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory. Failure: Unable to install image: http://192.168.1.200:1080/sonic-cavium.bin ONIE:/ #

[cbrune]

Hello @zhuiwang -

The relevant error message is here:

ERROR: grub-install failed on: /dev/vda
grub-install: error: /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/modinfo.sh doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory.

There is something wrong with the SONIC installer.

What command line options is the SONIC installer using when invoking grub-install ?

[zhuiwang]

i check the /usr/lib/grub file ,where don't have file x86_64-efi ,just a i386-pc. however i have succeed install SONiC in an older complie onie-recovery-kvm.bin,which have the filex86_64-efi

finaly i found this in kvm machin.make

# Enable building of secure boot binaries
SECURE_BOOT_ENABLE = yes

in build-config/make/grub.make

ifeq ($(SECURE_BOOT_ENABLE),yes)
  GRUB_INSTALL_SB_STAMP = $(STAMPDIR)/grub-install-sb
  GRUB_MONOLITH_IMAGE   = $(MBUILDDIR)/grub$(EFI_ARCH).efi.unsigned
  GRUB_SECURE_BOOT_IMAGE= $(MBUILDDIR)/grub$(EFI_ARCH).efi
  GRUB_STAMP        += $(GRUB_INSTALL_SB_STAMP)
  UPDATER_IMAGE_PARTS   += $(GRUB_SECURE_BOOT_IMAGE)
  UPDATER_IMAGE_PARTS_COMPLETE += $(GRUB_INSTALL_SB_STAMP)
  PHONY         += grub-install-sb
  UEFI_BOOT_LOADER  = $(SHIM_IMAGE_NAME)
else
  UEFI_BOOT_LOADER  = $(GRUB_IMAGE_NAME)
endif

grub-install-sb: $(GRUB_INSTALL_SB_STAMP)
$(GRUB_INSTALL_SB_STAMP): $(SBSIGNTOOL_INSTALL_STAMP) $(GRUB_INSTALL_STAMP) $(GRUB_HOST_INSTALL_STAMP)
    $(Q) echo "====  Building grub-$(ARCH)-efi-$(GRUB_VERSION) monolithic secure boot image ===="
    $(Q) rm -rf $(SYSROOTDIR)/usr/lib/grub/$(ARCH)-efi
    $(Q) $(SCRIPTDIR)/mk-grub-efi-image $(ARCH) $(GRUB_HOST_BIN_UEFI_DIR) \
        $(GRUB_TARGET_LIB_UEFI_DIR) $(GRUB_MONOLITH_IMAGE)
    $(Q) sbsign --key $(ONIE_VENDOR_SECRET_KEY_PEM) \
        --cert $(ONIE_VENDOR_CERT_PEM) \
        --output $(GRUB_SECURE_BOOT_IMAGE) $(GRUB_MONOLITH_IMAGE)

it has remov the "$(SYSROOTDIR)/usr/lib/grub/$(ARCH)-efi" so i cloes the secure boot

# Enable building of secure boot binaries
SECURE_BOOT_ENABLE = no

after thar , i found the file x86_64-efi, and successfully installed SONiC in ONIE.