Assistance with systemd-boot

[talk2drys]

Hi everyone,
I'm looking for some guidance on using systemd-boot with kiwi-ng. This isn't an issue per se, but I haven't been able to get it working properly. I'm trying to create an image with two root partitions to enable an A/B upgrade strategy using systemd_boot (grub2 works fine). However, I keep encountering a "no space left to copy initramfs" error. Has anyone successfully set up a similar configuration, or does anyone have suggestions on how to resolve this?

Thanks in advance for any help!

here is the error

[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:14 | Creating directory /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/boot/efi/os
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:14 | Looking for cp in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:14 | EXEC: [cp /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/boot/vmlinuz-5.14.0-362.24.1.el9_3.0.1.x86_64 /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/boot/efi/os]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:14 | Looking for cp in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:14 | EXEC: [cp /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/boot/initramfs-0-rescue-8087d29f6ef14cd995ed1962df2ef5d1.img /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/boot/efi/o
s]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:14 | EXEC: Failed with stderr: /usr/bin/cp: error writing '/var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/boot/efi/os/initramfs-0-rescue-8087d29f6ef14cd995ed1962df2ef5d1.
img': No space left on device
, stdout: (no output on stdout)
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:14 | Looking for setfiles in /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/usr/local/sbin:/var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/usr/local/bin:/var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.
ktzj74ax/usr/sbin:/var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/usr/bin:/var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/sbin:/var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/bin
[ INFO    ]: 20:48:14 | Processing SELinux file security contexts
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:14 | Looking for chroot in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:14 | EXEC: [chroot /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax setfiles --help]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:14 | Looking for chroot in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:14 | EXEC: [chroot /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax setfiles -F -p -c /etc/selinux/targeted/policy/policy.33 -e /proc -e /sys -e /dev /etc/selinux/targeted/
contexts/files/file_contexts /]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for mountpoint in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [mountpoint -q /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/dev]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for umount in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [umount /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/dev]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for mountpoint in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [mountpoint -q /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/proc]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for umount in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [umount /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/proc]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for mountpoint in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [mountpoint -q /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/sys]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for umount in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [umount /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/sys]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for mountpoint in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [mountpoint -q /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/boot/efi]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for umount in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [umount /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/boot/efi]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for mountpoint in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [mountpoint -q /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/boot]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for umount in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [umount /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/boot]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for mountpoint in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [mountpoint -q /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for umount in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [umount /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for mountpoint in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [mountpoint -q /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.qvwq48v5]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for umount in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [umount /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.qvwq48v5]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for mountpoint in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [mountpoint -q /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.45asyd66]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for umount in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [umount /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.45asyd66]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for mountpoint in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [mountpoint -q /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.1p5puua7]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for umount in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [umount /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.1p5puua7]
[ INFO    ]: 20:48:20 | umount FileSystemXfs instance
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for mountpoint in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [mountpoint -q /var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.qvwq48v5]
[ INFO    ]: 20:48:20 | Cleaning up Disk instance
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for partx in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [partx --delete /dev/loop6]
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | Looking for losetup in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[ DEBUG   ]: 20:48:20 | EXEC: [losetup -d /dev/loop6]
[ ERROR   ]: 20:48:20 | KiwiCommandError: cp: stderr: /usr/bin/cp: error writing '/var/tmp/kiwi_mount_manager.ktzj74ax/boot/efi/os/initramfs-0-rescue-8087d29f6ef14cd995ed1962df2ef
5d1.img': No space left on device
, stdout: (no output on stdout)

here is my description file, in some test, i also added efipartsize and efipartition to 2GB but still i always get no space left

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<image schemaversion="8.0" name="BaseBuild">
    <description type="system">
        <author>Daniel Temiagin</author>
        <contact>email@gmail.com</contact>
        <specification>O</specification>
    </description>
    <profiles>
        <profile name="Virtual" description="Test" import="true" />
    </profiles>
    <preferences>
        <version>0.1.0</version>
        <packagemanager>dnf4</packagemanager>
        <bootsplash-theme>charge</bootsplash-theme>
        <locale>en_US</locale>
        <keytable>us</keytable>
        <timezone>UTC</timezone>
        <rpm-check-signatures>false</rpm-check-signatures>
    </preferences>
    <preferences profiles="Virtual">
        <type image="oem" initrd_system="dracut" root_clone="1" filesystem="xfs" installpxe="false" installiso="true" firmware="uefi" 
            kernelcmdline="console=ttyS0,115200n8 net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0" bootpartition="true" bootpartsize="2048">
            <size unit="G">20</size>
            <bootloader name="systemd_boot"></bootloader>
            <oemconfig>
                <oem-resize>false</oem-resize>
                <oem-reboot>true</oem-reboot>
                <oem-unattended>false</oem-unattended>
                <oem-device-filter>/dev/ram</oem-device-filter>
                <oem-systemsize>8192</oem-systemsize>
            </oemconfig>
        </type>
    </preferences>

    <users>
        <user
            password="secret_password"
            home="/root" name="root" groups="root" pwdformat="encrypted" />
    </users>
    <repository type="rpm-md" imageinclude="true" alias="RockyLinux9-BaseOS">
        <source path="https://download.rockylinux.org/vault/rocky/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/" />
    </repository>
    <repository type="rpm-md" imageinclude="true" alias="RockyLinux9-AppStream">
        <source path="https://download.rockylinux.org/vault/rocky/9.3/AppStream/x86_64/os/" />
    </repository>
    <repository type="rpm-md" imageinclude="true" alias="RockyLinux9-CRB">
        <source path="https://download.rockylinux.org/vault/rocky/9.3/CRB/x86_64/os/" />
    </repository>
    <repository type="rpm-md" imageinclude="true" alias="RockyLinux9-Extras">
        <source path="https://download.rockylinux.org/vault/rocky/9.3/extras/x86_64/os/" />
    </repository>
    <repository type="rpm-md" imageinclude="true" alias="RockyLinux9-Devel">
        <source path="https://download.rockylinux.org/vault/rocky/9.3/devel/x86_64/os/" />
    </repository>
    <repository type="rpm-md" alias="EPEL9-Everything" imageinclude="true">
        <!-- <source path="https://ca.mirrors.cicku.me/epel/9/Everything/x86_64/" /> -->
        <source path="https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/9/Everything/x86_64/" />
    </repository>
    <repository type="rpm-md" alias="core-infra" imageinclude="true"
        sourcetype="baseurl">
        <source path="https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/sig/9/core/x86_64/core-infra/" />
    </repository>

    <packages type="image">
        <namedCollection name="Core" />
        <package name="syslinux"/>
        <package name="gdisk"/>
        <package name="grub2"/>
        <package name="kernel"/>
        <package name="plymouth-theme-charge"/>
        <package name="audit"/>
        <package name="dhclient"/>
        <package name="e2fsprogs"/>
        <package name="hostname"/>
        <package name="iprutils"/>
        <package name="irqbalance"/>
        <package name="kbd"/>
        <package name="kexec-tools"/>
        <package name="openssh-clients"/>
        <package name="openssh-server"/>
        <package name="parted"/>
        <package name="passwd"/>
        <package name="policycoreutils"/>
        <package name="rootfiles"/>
        <package name="rsyslog"/>
        <package name="selinux-policy-targeted"/>
        <package name="xfsprogs"/>
        <package name="iputils"/>
        <package name="lvm2"/>
        <package name="glibc-all-langpacks"/>
        <package name="vim"/>
        <package name="java-1.8.0-openjdk"/>
        
        
        <package name="systemd-networkd"/>
        <package name="systemd-resolved"/>
        <package name="systemd-timesyncd"/>
        <package name="systemd-boot"/>

        <!-- for vm -->
        <package name="qemu-guest-agent"/>
        
        <!-- kiwi dependencies -->
        <package name="dracut-kiwi-oem-repart"/>
        <package name="dracut-kiwi-oem-dump"/>

    </packages>
    <packages type="uninstall">
        <package name="firewalld" />
        <package name="NetworkManager" />
    </packages>
    <packages type="bootstrap">
        <package name="filesystem" />
        <package name="basesystem" />
        <package name="grub2-efi-x64-modules" />
        <package name="grub2-efi-x64" />
        <package name="shim-x64" arch="x86_64" />
    </packages>
</image>

[talk2drys]

i have added remove different combination of this options

bootpartition="true" bootpartsize="2048" efipartsize="2048"

[talk2drys]

So seems to only build when format is set to qcow2. would not build with iso type. i think i understand why, but not sure of a walkaround

[schaefi]

For systemd-boot everything needs to live in the ESP (EFI partition). The initrd + kernel and other data exceeds the default size that we use for this space. If you give your ESP a bigger space this should solve it. As mentioned by @talk2drys

k.type.efipartsize.attribute =
        ## For images with an EFI fat partition this attribute
        ## specifies the size in MB. If not set the min efipart
        ## size is set to 20 MB
        attribute efipartsize { xsd:nonNegativeInteger }