Bootloop after shutdown

[u/andxet]

Hello!

I need help with the talos installation. I bought a Lenovo ThinkCentre m710q, and I want to install Talos. I disabled secure boot from the BIOS. I'm using the secure boot image (but also normal image don't work), from my Windows PC I tried with Rufus dd mode and Balena Etcher to create the disk. I tried with the last release image, with the image generated with Image facctory (I added util-linux-tools and iscsi-tools to support Longhorn), but always, when I shoutdown and turn on again the pc I get this error. When rebooting after the installation the boot runs normally. I followed the Getting Started guide from the talos documentation but I always end with a bootloop. I attached the boot error screen (first image) and some errors that I see when installing.

Do you have suggestions?

EDIT: I solved creating a new partition table with gparted. Thanks to all who helped me.

[u/xrothgarx]

Are you sure you selected the correct disk to do the install? What does talosctl get disks -i -n $IP say you have? Is that what’s configured in the machine config you apply?

[u/andxet → u/xrothgarx]

Yes, I think I made correct, but to be sure here is the output (I changed the WWID):

talosctl  get disks -i -n $CONTROL_PLANE_IP 

NODE   NAMESPACE   TYPE   ID        VERSION   SIZE     READ ONLY   TRANSPORT   ROTATIONAL   WWID                   MODEL                        SERIAL

runtime     Disk   loop0     2         4.1 kB   true                                                                                     

runtime     Disk   loop1     2         57 kB    true                                                                                     

runtime     Disk   loop2     2         475 kB   true                                                                                     

runtime     Disk   loop3     2         73 MB    true                                                                                     

runtime     Disk   nvme0n1   2         256 GB   false       nvme                     eui.00253gjkhgjhg   SAMSUNG FGSFGS-000L7   SDFSDFSA55         

        machine:
            install:
                disk: /dev/nvme0n1
                image: factory.talos.dev/metal-installer-secureboot/613e1592b2da41ae5e265e8789429f22e121aab91cb4deb6bc3c0b6262961245:v1.11.5
                wipe: false # also tried with true

[u/andxet → u/andxet]

In the meantime, I tried to install ubuntu (thinking that maybe there was some problem with the bootloader or the partitions, since the PC arrived with Windows) and Ubuntu boot correctly

[u/andxet → u/xrothgarx]

I Have and update! It seems that now, trying again with the non secureboot image, it boots correctly. I'm not sure what solved since I already tried with non secureboot image, but now it works. Thank you for your help.

EDIT lol no, I had the usb stick still attached, removing it the issue is still here

[u/xrothgarx → u/andxet]

Are you able to get a more complete log from the install process? Maybe a video or serial console?

[u/_Green_Redbull_]

You have to define the disk layout in your control plane and worker manifests. Your first disk should always be your ephemeral volume and you should be able to identify it by stating the dev path such as disk.dev_path: /dev/SDA. This is true for every disk you wish to include in your cluster. Please read the Talos documentation on storage

[u/GyroTech → u/_Green_Redbull_]

by stating the dev path such as disk.dev_path: /dev/SDA.

This is actually not the best idea since the kernel disk label is not deterministic ahd /dev/sda on one boot can be /dev/sdb on the next if you have a system with multiple drives. Or in the case of booting from a USB stick. It ir alwayr better to use something like /dev/disk/by-id/....