Bruce, Can you send me the .config file that goes with your kernel? It's entirely possible that there is another driver I need to be testing for.
This tool is currently considered experimental, but I want to get it right, so I'll work with you to make it work properly. Also, if you could point me to a tarball of your resultant boot package, that would be useful too. Thanks! -Brian Thus spake Jeremy Enos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Hi Brian- > I forwarded this to you because I wasn't sure how closely you monitor the > oscar-users list... Would you like such discussion to take place on an SI > list instead? I think you might find lots of test volunteers on the oscar > list though. > thx- > > Jeremy > > >From: Bruce Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Oscar-users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [Oscar-users] mkbootpackage questions > > > >Hi OSCAR users > > > >I've discovered Brian Finley's "mkbootpackage" script at > >http://systemimager.sourceforge.net/pub/unofficial/Use_Any_Kernel_by_Brian_Finley/ > >and was wondering if anyone else has used it before. I've had a very > >frustrating time trying to get together a kernel and ramdisk that will > >boot my nodes - most of the standard kernels do not include the driver for > >my network card (the sundance driver). The kernel that I built, with the > >netcard driver builtin seems to be missing something else, because the > >autoinstall script dies when it tries to partition the node hard drive > >(/dev/hda = no such file or directory). > > > >I thought mkbootpackage might be able to help me out, since I have tried > >to create ramdisk that loads the module for my NIC on the fly, but I kept > >getting unresolved symbols and mkbootpackage would probably do it > >properly. I've downloaded it and tried to run it, but rsync is taking a > >very long time (over an hour) to run. Is this normal ? > > > >The details are : > >My server = dual pentium III running linux RH9, kernel 2.4.20-8smp > >what I did = > >./mkbootpackage.sh --verbose --kernel > >/home/Sadmin/kernel_configs/linux-2.4.20/arch/i386/boot/bzImage > >--new-flavor gentoo --modules sundance --fs cramfs --modules-dir > >/lib/modules/2.4.20/ > > > >output = > > > >Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > >./mkbootpackage.sh > >line 96. > >>>> Kernel release: > >>>> Using modules from: /lib/modules/2.4.20/ > >>>> Using architecture: i386 > >>>> Base temporary dir: /tmp/si13060 > >>>> gunzip /tmp/si13060/old_initrd.gz > >>>> Old initrd mount point: /tmp/si13060/old_initrd_dir > > >>> mount /tmp/si13060/old_initrd /tmp/si13060/old_initrd_dir -o loop > >>>> New initrd temporary dir: /tmp/si13060/staging_dir > >>>> rsync -aHS --exclude=lost+found / --numeric-ids > >/tmp/si13060/old_initrd_dir/ /tmp/si13060/staging_dir / > >readlink proc/2/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/3/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/4/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/5/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/6/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/7/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/9/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/11/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/635/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/636/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/637/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/736/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/1371/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/1372/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/1373/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/1374/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/1375/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/1376/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/1377/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/1378/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/1379/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/1380/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/2185/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/2186/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/2187/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/2188/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink proc/13063/exe: No such file or directory > >readlink tmp/ccKRsK23.s: No such file or directory > > > >any advice ? > >Thanks, > >Bruce > > > >-- > >Bruce Becker > >UCT-CERN Research Center - University of Cape Town > >Room 405, R.W. James Building, University Avenue North > >Private Bag RONDEBOSCH 7700 > > > >tel :(w) +27 21 650 3356 | (m) +27 82 537 9425 | (f) +27 21 650 3342 > >WEB :http://hep.phy.uct.ac.za/~becker | AIM : brucellino > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 > >Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration > >See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. > >http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn > >_______________________________________________ > >Oscar-users mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lis -- --------------------------------------------------------- Brian Elliott Finley Argonne, MCS Division Phone: 630.631.6621 http://thefinleys.com GPG: 3FF8 D096 0E0C D3F3 29B7 6518 D20B 1931 10F8 EE52 --------------------------------------------------------- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! 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