* Matthias H. Hennig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-16 15:55:11 +0000]:
> As I understand, FAI can handle this - what is your experience? And how > does it work precisely, simply by chroot or some other method? > The problem we're facing is that most nodes are pc's with different > hardware configuration, so almost each node needs a custom kernel as > well. Is this supported well in FAI? FAI handles non-uniformed sets of machines very well by using classes. See http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/fai-guide.html/ch-config.html#s-classc or /usr/share/doc/fai/examples/*/class if you already have installed fai. Here is a modifed example from beowulf/class: # the Beowulf cluster; all nodes except the master node use classes from # file class/atoms case $HOSTNAME in atom00) echo "BEOWULF BEOWULF_MASTER DHCP_SERVER DNS_SERVER";; atom1?) echo "BEOWULF ATOMCLIENT HOME_CLIENT DELL510";; atom2?) echo "BEOWULF ATOMCLIENT HOME_CLIENT DELL630";; atom3?) echo "BEOWULF ATOMCLIENT HOME_CLIENT HP100";; esac Then you can handle the DELL510, DELL630, HP100 classes by installing different kernels. -- Mats Rynge ,''`. Got Woody? : :' : http://www.debian.org `. `' `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
