I think it will be very appealing if we up the following bug to priority 9:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1167615&group_ id=9368&atid=109368 so we can check in the files which Erich has included. It would make installing OSCAR 4.1 under ia64 a much smoother ride. Of course we need to test to make sure it doesn't break other distro's though ;-) I can give it some testing under FC2... Just my $0.02 cdn. Cheers, Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Erich Focht > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42 > To: [email protected]; > [email protected] > Subject: [Sisuite-devel] ia64 efi systemconfigurator fix > > Hi, > > here is a fix for the ia64 boot issue which required a few > unusual workarounds in OSCAR-4.0. The patch needs to be > applied to the image. > > Alternatively, you can simply take and use > http://home.arcor.de/efocht/oscar/systemconfigurator-2.0.9-2ef > .noarch.rpm > http://home.arcor.de/efocht/oscar/systemconfigurator-2.0.9-2ef.src.rpm > They need to be copied to packages/sis/RPMS and > packages/sis/SRPMS, respectively. RHEL3AS will install > (almost) as smooth as rh9. > > This RPM and the corresponding SRPM contains two critical fixes for > ia64/rhel3 (reported as bug #1167615) > - the kernel version recognition fix posted earlier > - the ia46 efi and initrd setup fix attached to this email. > > These fixes make following points in the RHEL Readme > obsolete: B3, B4. You will not need to care about initrd and > systemconfig.conf, it will just install smoothly. (I also > believe that B5 is not necessary, unless one installs some > additional SCSI controller. My install went smooth without > that.). With the RPMs one doesn't really need the > x86/ia64 distinction in the workarounds for RHEL3, the number > of workarounds decreases considerably. > > I will maintain a bug-fixed version of systemconfigurator for > OSCAR until the fixes go into SISuite and appear as RPMs. > This seems necessary because some bugs simply cannot be > included in OSCAR as patches, they need to go into the RPMs. > > Best regards, > Erich > > > -- > Dr. Erich Focht > Core Technology Group > NEC High Performance Computing Europe GmbH, EHPCTC > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by Microsoft Mobile & Embedded DevCon 2005 Attend MEDC 2005 May 9-12 in Vegas. Learn more about the latest Windows Embedded(r) & Windows Mobile(tm) platforms, applications & content. Register by 3/29 & save $300 http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idh83&alloc_id149&op=click _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
