OSMC Installer and nfsroot

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1

I’m trying to setup NFS root on 2 new Raspberry Pi 2’s.

I used the OSMC Installer for OS X, filled in all the information IP, NFS path etc. Image used is “2016.02-3”

The config.txt and cmdline.txt are created on the SD Card but looks like the IP and nfs path are not included.

Pi fails to use the IP I assigned and proceeds to install on the SD card.

NFSroot:
192.168.0.176:/media/PINFS/GEARS

IP:
192.168.0.108
255.255.255.0
192.168.0.1
192.168.0.1
192.168.0.1

Untouched config.txt:
disable_overscan=1
framebuffer_depth=32
gpu_mem=16

Untouched cmdline.txt:
dwc_otg.fiq_fix_enable=1 sdhci-bcm2708.sync_after_dma=0 dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=tty1 root=/dev/ram0 quiet init=/init loglevel=2 osmcdev=rbp2

The NFS permissions on my Ubuntu VM are working fine with another Pi 2 running VERSION_ID=“2016.02-1”

Is there any thing else I can check?

2

That’s expected. The NFS settings will be read from preseed.cfg and when the installation completes you will have a cmdline.txt with these settings

3

There is no preseed.cfg on the SD after using the installer. I can’t find any files on the SD card that have the IP or NFS path in them. Using the latest version of the installer.

After using the installer I eject the SD Card from my MacBook and put into the Pi 2, power it up, OSMC installs to the SD Card and doesn’t even attempt to make a NFS connection.

I know how to move a raspbian install from SD to NFS. Would it be the same process? What would my cmdline.txt file need to look like?

4

Not really.

That doesn’t seem right. Can you try using another computer temporarily to rule that out? You can also grab the OSMC installer log off /Users/YourUsername/installer.log (it may be called osmc.log).

No preseed file explains why you do not have NFS working

5

Tried on a Windows 7 machine and it worked.

Currently installing to NFS.

Not sure what the issue was on my MacBook but here is the log output:

Wed Mar 30 12:34:13 2016 OSMC Installer running on Mac OS X Wed Mar 30 12:34:13 2016 Detected locale as en_CA Wed Mar 30 12:34:13 2016 Attempting to load translation for locale en_CA Wed Mar 30 12:34:13 2016 Could not load translation! Wed Mar 30 12:34:13 2016 Resolving a mirror Wed Mar 30 12:34:13 2016 Resolved mirror to http://ftp.fau.de/osmc/osmc/download/ Wed Mar 30 12:34:13 2016 Enumerating supported devices Wed Mar 30 12:34:13 2016 Added the following devices Wed Mar 30 12:34:13 2016 Vero 2 Wed Mar 30 12:34:13 2016 Vero Wed Mar 30 12:34:13 2016 Raspberry Pi 1 / Zero Wed Mar 30 12:34:13 2016 Raspberry Pi 2 / 3 Wed Mar 30 12:34:13 2016 Apple TV Wed Mar 30 12:34:13 2016 Checking for updates Wed Mar 30 12:34:13 2016 Checking for updates by downloading http://ftp.fau.de/osmc/osmc/download//installers/latest_mac Wed Mar 30 12:34:14 2016 Acquired mirror file Wed Mar 30 12:34:14 2016 No new update is available Wed Mar 30 12:34:17 2016 The user has selected English as their language Wed Mar 30 12:34:17 2016 The user has selected Raspberry Pi 2 / 3 as their device Wed Mar 30 12:34:17 2016 Attempting to download device versions file http://ftp.fau.de/osmc/osmc/download/installers/versions_RBP2 Wed Mar 30 12:34:18 2016 Found a build called 2016.02-3 Wed Mar 30 12:34:18 2016 Found a build called 2016.01-1 Wed Mar 30 12:34:18 2016 Found a build called 2015.12-4 Wed Mar 30 12:34:18 2016 Found a build called 2015.11-1 Wed Mar 30 12:34:18 2016 Found a build called 2015.10-1 Wed Mar 30 12:34:18 2016 Found a build called 2015.08-1 Wed Mar 30 12:34:18 2016 Found a build called 2015.07-1 Wed Mar 30 12:34:18 2016 Found a build called 2015.06-1 Wed Mar 30 12:34:23 2016 The user has selected an online image for Raspberry Pi 2 / 3 with build URL : http://ftp.fau.de/osmc/osmc/download/installers/diskimages/OSMC_TGT_rbp2_20160306.img.gz Wed Mar 30 12:34:23 2016 Disabling internal install for device Raspberry Pi 2 / 3 as it does not support it Wed Mar 30 12:34:25 2016 NFS installation selected Wed Mar 30 12:34:38 2016 NFS installation to 192.168.0.176:/media/PINFS/GEARS selected Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Setting custom non-DHCP networking settings Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Set up network with IP: 192.168.0.108 subnet mask of: 255.255.255.0 gateway of: 192.168.0.1 Primary DNS: 192.168.0.1 Secondary DNS: 192.168.0.1 Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Enumerating imageable devices for OSX Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 New disk device entry created with entry point /dev/rdisk0, 251.0 GB free space and label Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Determined PCI as protocol for /dev/rdisk0 Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 yes Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Determined No as readOnlyMedia for /dev/rdisk0 Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 yes Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Determined No as ejactableProperty for /dev/rdisk0 Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk0 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 New disk device entry created with entry point /dev/rdisk1, 1.0 GB free space and label Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Determined USB as protocol for /dev/rdisk1 Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 yes Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Determined No as readOnlyMedia for /dev/rdisk1 Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 yes Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Decided that /dev/rdisk1 is not writable to us Wed Mar 30 12:35:11 2016 Determined Yes as ejactableProperty for /dev/rdisk1 Wed Mar 30 12:35:13 2016 Device selected: 1 /dev/rdisk1 1.0 GB APPLE SD Card Reader Media Wed Mar 30 12:35:16 2016 EULA has been accepted Wed Mar 30 12:35:16 2016 Downloading http://ftp.fau.de/osmc/osmc/download/installers/diskimages/OSMC_TGT_rbp2_20160306.img.gz Wed Mar 30 12:35:19 2016 Extracting /Users/user/OSMC_TGT_rbp2_20160306.img.gz Wed Mar 30 12:35:19 2016 Finished extraction. Going to write image Wed Mar 30 12:35:19 2016 Requesting confirmation from user Wed Mar 30 12:35:21 2016 User confirmed Wed Mar 30 12:35:31 2016 going to start osa Wed Mar 30 12:35:31 2016 pasting admin script to process do shell script "dd if=/Users/user/OSMC_TGT_rbp2_20160306.img of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=1m conv=sync && sync" with administrator privileges Wed Mar 30 12:35:31 2016 waiting for finish Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 osa claims to be done...collect output and verify Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 Imaging was successful Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 Image successfully written to device Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 Deleting the uncompressed image to save space Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 Creating preseeder Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 Adding preseed stringd-i target/storage string nfs Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 Adding preseed stringd-i target/storagePath string 192.168.0.176:/media/PINFS/GEARS Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 Adding preseed stringd-i network/interface string eth Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 Adding preseed stringd-i network/auto boolean false Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 Adding preseed stringd-i network/ip string 192.168.0.108 Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 Adding preseed stringd-i network/mask string 255.255.255.0 Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 Adding preseed stringd-i network/dns1 string 192.168.0.1 Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 Adding preseed stringd-i network/dns2 string 192.168.0.1 Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 Adding preseed stringd-i network/gw string 192.168.0.1 Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 Writing preseeder Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 Mounting the first filesystem on /dev/rdisk1 Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 Trying to umount before we are remounting and writing the preseed. Wed Mar 30 12:36:31 2016 Could not mount /dev/rdisk1s1. Messages are: stdErr: disk1s1 was already unmounted

stdOut:
Wed Mar 30 12:36:41 2016 Could not mount /dev/rdisk1. Messages are: stdErr: Unmount of disk1 failed: at least one volume could not be unmounted

stdOut:
Wed Mar 30 12:36:41 2016 Mounting /dev/rdisk1s1 to /var/folders/n6/qf4s33k50pdfszhp8l2b6m0r0000gn/T/osmc_mnt
Wed Mar 30 12:36:41 2016 Filesystem is mounted
Wed Mar 30 12:36:41 2016 Writing the preseeder to filesystem
Wed Mar 30 12:36:41 2016 Finished. Syncing…
Wed Mar 30 12:36:41 2016 Unmount in any case…
Wed Mar 30 12:36:52 2016 Final sync.

6

What version of Mac OS are you using ?

7

I’m using 10.9.5.