Image Deploy with Curtin Partitions and XFS
When doing image-deploy, there are a couple of errors that can be generated when using XFS. These include:
- grub-install fails because of bad filesystem type
- Missing / bad rootfs or other filesystem on reboot into running system.
This can happen when using Sledgehammer to image deploy Centos 7 or Ubuntu 18.04 or younger images.
The problem is that Centos 8 has a newer version of XFS that is incompatible with the XFS running in previous operating systems, e.g. Centos 7 or Ubuntu 18.04.
This happens when a curtin/partitions parameter is used that sets an XFS filesystem. This is NOT the default and so is only triggered from this action.
Solution¶
Within [curtin/partitions]{.title-ref} parameter, an additional variable will need to be added to all XFS filesystem creation stanzas. This looks like this (in JSON format):
This tells the Centos8-based sledgehammer to generate an XFS filesystem that will work in the older environments.
A complete XFS filesystem stanza would look like this:
{
"extra_options": [
"-i",
"sparse=0"
],
"fstype": "xfs",
"id": "disk0-part1",
"label": "root-partition",
"type": "format",
"volume": "root_part"
}
You will also need to make sure that your image contains the XFS tools. If you are using image builder, you can use the [image-builder/additional-packages]{.title-ref} parameter with a value that includes [xfsprogs]{.title-ref}.
Additional Information¶
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See Also¶
Versions¶
v4.6.0+
Keywords¶
XFS, curtin, image-deploy