I've got to re-install a couple of nodes, and started the usual FAI routine. This time, all 5 nodes get stuck in the same place:
# tail fai.log Get:248 http://10.100.200.98 lenny/main rstatd 4.0.1-3 [15.8kB] Get:249 http://10.100.200.98 lenny/main rusers 0.17-7.1 [13.0kB] Get:250 http://10.100.200.98 lenny/main rusersd 0.17-7.1 [11.0kB] Get:251 http://10.100.200.98 packages.amd64/ smartmontools 5.38+svn091119-1sg [418kB] Get:252 http://10.100.200.98 lenny/main sudo 1.6.9p17-2 [188kB] Get:253 http://10.100.200.98 lenny/main wakeonlan 0.41-10 [11.4kB] Get:254 http://10.100.200.98 lenny/main xfsprogs 2.9.8-1lenny1 [1376kB] Get:255 http://10.100.200.98 lenny/main xfsdump 2.2.48-1 [306kB] Get:256 http://10.100.200.98 lenny/main octave-plplot 5.9.0-8 [397kB] Get:257 http://10.100.200.98 lenny/main rsh-server 0.17-14 [39.3kB] tasks related: root 4791 0.0 0.8 45236 17244 ttyS1 S+ 10:42 0:00 install_packages root 4792 0.0 0.0 3808 524 ttyS1 S+ 10:42 0:00 tee -a /tmp/fai/software.log root 4794 0.1 1.5 83788 32612 ttyS1 Sl+ 10:42 0:03 aptitude -R -y -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confdef -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold install rsh-server telnet sudo iotop ethtool ethstatus smart root 4798 0.1 0.0 18816 1968 ttyS1 S+ 10:42 0:04 /usr/lib/apt/methods/http # cat /proc/4794/cmdline | tr '\0' ' ' aptitude -R -y -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confdef -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold install rsh-server telnet sudo iotop ethtool ethstatus smartmontools wakeonlan ipmitool parted at dash ash rstat-client rstatd rusers rusersd module-init-tools cramfsprogs ntp ntpdate nfs-kernel-server exim4-daemon-light login wget w3m xfsdump xfsprogs autofs apt apt-doc apt-file apt-show-versions apt-utils debian-keyring dpkg fakeroot aptitude alien g++ g++-4.1 g++-4.2 g++-4.3 gcc gcc-4.1 gcc-4.2 gcc-4.3 gfortran gfortran-4.2 gfortran-4.3 python python2.4 python2.5 python2.4-minimal python2.5-minimal python-dev python2.4-dev python2.5-dev python-doc python2.4-doc python2.5-doc python-gtk2 python-matplotlib python-matplotlib-data python-matplotlib-doc python-numarray python-numarray-ext python-numeric python-numeric-ext python-numeric-tutorial python-numpy python-numpy-doc python-numpy-ext perl libterm-readline-perl-perl libtimedate-perl octave octave2.1 octave3.0 octave-doc octave2.1-doc octave3.0-doc octave-headers octave2.1-headers octave3.0-headero444:/tmp/fai# tail fai.logforge octave-plplot octave-sp autoconf automake automake1.4 automake1.7 automake1.9 autotools-dev make pkg-config binutils How can I find out what's going wrong? A serial-over-LAN connection to the BMC stops transmitting even 31 lines before Get:257 :( No changes made to the FAI configuration space. Any ideas? S -- Steffen Grunewald * MPI Grav.Phys.(AEI) * Am M�hlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam Cluster Admin * http://pandora.aei.mpg.de/merlin/ * http://www.aei.mpg.de/ * e-mail: steffen.grunewald(*)aei.mpg.de * +49-331-567-{fon:7233,fax:7298} No Word/PPT mails - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html