Reference Guide

DIAG OS installation failure and resolution
ESXi may create a different disk partition that is not compatible with the DIAG OS. This causes the DIAG OS installation to fail and display
this error message:
ONIE: Rescue Mode ...
Platform : x86_64-dellemc_vep4600_d21xyt-r0
Version : x.xx.x.xx-x
Build Date: 2018-04-24T03:20-0700
▒[ 13.793445] ata4.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x40)
Info: Mounting kernel filesystems... done.
Info: Using eth0 MAC address: d8:9e:f3:bc:6a:a0
Info: eth0: Checking link... up.
Info: Trying DHCPv4 on interface: eth0
Warning: Unable to configure interface using DHCPv4: eth0
ONIE: Using link-local IPv4 addr: eth0: xxx.xxx.x.xxx/xx
+ cat /DiagOS_version.cfg
+ version_packed=x.xx.x.xx-x
+ ls
+ grep x.xx.x.xx-x
+ image_packed=diag-installer-x86_64-dellemc_vep4600_d21xyt-r0-x.xx.x.xx-x-2018-04-24.bin
+ [ -z diag-installer-x86_64-dellemc_vep4600_d21xyt-r0-x.xx.x.xx-x-2018-04-24.bin ]
+ echo starting to install vep4600 DiagOS
starting to install vep4600 DiagOS
+ onie-nos-install /diag-installer-x86_64-dellemc_vep4600_d21xyt-r0-x.xx.x.xx-x-2018-04-24.bin
discover: Rescue mode detected. No discover stopped.
ONIE: Executing installer: /diag-installer-x86_64-dellemc_vep4600_d21xyt-r0-x.xx.x.xx-
x-2018-04-24.bin
Ignoring Verifying image checksum ... OK.
cur_dir / archive_path /var/tmp/installer tmp_dir /tmp/tmp.XeWxoj
Preparing image archive ...sed -e '1,/^exit_marker$/d' /var/tmp/installer | tar xf - OK.
Diag-OS Installer: platform: x86_64-dellemc_vep4600_d21xyt-r0
EDA-DIAG Partiton not found.
Diag OS Installer Mode : INSTALL
Deleting partition at /dev/sdc1...
The operation has completed successfully.
Deleting partition at /dev/sdc2...
The operation has completed successfully.
Deleting partition at /dev/sdc3...
The operation has completed successfully.
Deleting partition at /dev/sdc4...
Partition number 4 out of range!
Error 0 deleting partition!
Error encountered; not saving changes.
Error: Unable to delete partition 4 on /dev/sdc
Removing /tmp/tmp.XeWxoj
Failure: Unable to install image: /diag-installer-x86_64-dellemc_vep4600_d21xyt-r0-x.xx.x.xx-
x-2018-04-24.bin
+ echo This should be not reachable unless something wrong is there!!!!!
This should be not reachable unless something wrong is there!!!!!
Starting: dropbear ssh daemon... done.
Starting: telnetd... done.
discover: Rescue mode detected. Installer disabled.
Please press Enter to activate this console.
To check the install status inspect /var/log/onie.log.
Try this: tail -f /var/log/onie.log
To resolve this issue, delete the partition completely and restart the DIAG OS installation.
1. Press Enter from the error message to get to ONIE Recovery mode.
NOTE: WARNING: Deleting the partition causes all data and the OS to be lost.
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Restore to Manufacture DIAG OS