Jeremy
At 02:21 PM 4/21/2004, Bernard Li wrote:
Hi David:
I believe that PXE support is from the network card - but I guess the BIOS plays a role in this too I am not 100% positive.
But I guess inorder for it to work for you, you'll need to make the boot floppies - I have tried it once and they are not too bad to deal with.
Good luck.
Cheers,
Bernard
> -----Original Message----- > From: David Lynum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 12:19 > To: Bernard Li > Subject: RE: [Oscar-users] Oscar 3.0 - Setup Networking problem > > Bernard, > > No I didn't. The computers I'm using are dual PII's. So > they don't support PXE, as far as I know. I was thinking I'd > have to boot them from disk. Even so, I thought I'd see > their mac address show up. > I'm new to Oscar. This is my first time working with it. > > Thanks, > > David > > > >Hi David: > > > >Did you PXE-boot your client nodes? Their mac addresses > won't show up > >unless they are PXE-booted. > > > >Cheers, > > > >Bernard > > > >P.S. OSCAR works by creating images of your client nodes and pushing > >them to the clients - so you are not expected to install any > OS on the > >client nodes, OSCAR takes care of this for you... > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of David > >> Lynum > >> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 12:12 > >> To: Jason Brechin > >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] Oscar 3.0 - Setup Networking problem > >> > >> Jason, > >> > >> Thanks a lot. That makes sense. My problem now is that > in 'setup > >> networking' after pressing the button to 'start collecting macs', > >> the mac address of my (1) node doesn't show up. No mac > address show > >> up. > >> Both the head node and my client node can see each other when I > >> ping one from the other. I can ssh from one to the other > without a > >> problem. Have any ideas? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> David > >> > >> > >> > >> >The GUI is reflecting the setup on the nodes. The nodes > will be > >> set up >with eth0 using the IP listed. > >> > > >> >David Lynum wrote: > >> > > >> >>Dear List, > >> >> > >> >>I'm setting up Oscar 3.0 with RH9. I have two nics, > eth0 & eth1, > >> in >>the head node. eth0 is my "public network", my > corporate LAN, > >> and > >> >>eth1 is for my "private or cluster" LAN. In the "Setup > Networking" > >> >>screen Oscar has the "private" LAN setup on eth0. When I > >> installed > >> >>RH9 from scratch on the head node, I have each nic its own ip > >> based, >>ie eth0's ip is based on my corporate LAN > address, and eth1 > >> is >>192.168.0.1. But within the Oscar GUI, eth0 is > configured with > >> the >>private LAN address. Now the interesting this is that in X > >> Window >>terminal I can see the messages that Oscar is creating. > >> Here's copy > >> >>of the X Window terminal from when I was in Setup Networking: > >> >> > >> >>============================================================ > >> ========== > >> >>======= == Running step 6 of the OSCAR wizard: Setup > networking > >> >>============================================================ > >> ========== > >> >>======= > >> >> > >> >>--> Step 6: Launching background ping >>--> Step 6: > Starting to > >> listen to network: > >> /usr/sbin/tcpdump -i eth1 > >> >>--> -n -e -l > >> >>WARNING: pinging broadcast address > >> >>tcpdump: listening on eth1 > >> >> > >> >>29 packets received by filter > >> >>0 packets dropped by kernel > >> >>--> Step 6: Stopped listening to network > >> >>tcpdump: no process killed > >> >>Attempting to kill 12701 > >> >>tcpdump: no process killed > >> >>--> Step 6: Stopped listening to network Step 6: > Completed >>--> > >> successfully >> >>But again, the GUI has eth0 mac= and eth0 > >> ip=192.168.0.2. What's >>going on here? I'm starting > >> 'install_cluster" on eth1, ie >>"install_cluster eth1". > >> >> > >> >>Thanks, > >> >> > >> >>David > >> >> > >> >> > >> >>------------------------------------------------------- > >> >>This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux > >> >>tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO > of GenToo > >> >>technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > >> >>administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638 > >> &op=click > >> >>_______________________________________________ > >> >>Oscar-users mailing list > >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >------------------------------------------------------- > >> >This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux > >> >tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO > of GenToo > >> >technologies. 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