Yes I can install RHL9 on the client system. And its as well supported as the head node. I shall give you the log of what is going on when trying to using the autoinstall from a floppy disk on the client. This is not the whole log but the part where I assume has the problem. Hope it helps

 

 

get_scripts_directory

 

rsync –a 192.168.1.254:: scripts/ /scripts/

 

autodetect_hardware_and_load_modules

Detecting hardware: ide-scsi

 

Loading sd_mod

Using /lib/modules/2.4.25-boel/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o

SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00

Using /lib/modules/2.4.25-boel/kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.o

 

Loading ide-disk…

Using /lib/modules/2.4.25-boel/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-disk.o

 

Loading ide-scsi

Assuming ide-scsi is compiled into the kernel, not needed, or already loaded.

 

get hostname_by_hosts_file

Hosts file exists…

Searching for the machine hostname in /scripts/hosts by IP:192.168.1.3

 

This host name is: aser3

 

run_pre_install_scripts

>>> .99all.harmless_example_script

I live in /var/lib/systemimager/scripts/pre-install

 

choose_autoinstall_script

Using autoinstall script: /scripts/aser3.sh

 

write_variables

run_autoinstall_script

>>> /scripts/aser3.sh

 

get_arch

DISKORDER=hd,sd,cciss,ida,rd

enumerate_disks

DISKS=0

 

undefined: DISK0

Killing off running processes.

 

write_variables

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

                                    This is the SystemImager autoinstall system

Your autoinstall has failed

 

 

I eliminated the DISKORDER in default however I still couldn’t get the above problem fixed.

 

Many Thanks

Paul

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Lombard, David N [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent
:
Thursday, February 03, 2005 2:41 PM
To:
Palathingal, Paul J.; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Oscar-users] IDE hard drive bug

 

Is this the boot device?  So, is your testimony: “The system boots off the device, but the kernel can’t see it?”  We need to fix that first.

 

I assume RHL9 (or whatever distro you’re basing off of) can install on the system.  Could you take a look at the kernel messages (via dmesg) on that and see what’s going on with the disk?   Could you install the distro on a client to make sure it’s as well supported as the headnode?

 

Bottom line, the headnode and clients are sposed to be the same, yet there’s some difference that seems to be interfering.

 

BTW, if you want to eliminate the disk independence stuff, just put

 

            DISKORDER=

 

on the boot command line in

 

/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default

 

at least, I think that’s the filename...

 

--

David N. Lombard

 

My comments represent my opinions, not those of Intel Corporation.


From: Palathingal, Paul J. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 8:06 AM
To: Lombard, David N; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Oscar-users] IDE hard drive bug

 

Thank you David.

 

All the machines are identical. There are no differences between the head node and the client nodes. However the client node was set up as a dual boot machine earlier (prior use) and I don’t know If that could be an issue.

 

The BIOS does see the disk.

 

However I don’t think I see the device on the fly as the kernel is booting up the client.

 

 I shall try to set up a serial console and record it to a file for a log of what is happening.

 

Many Thanks

Paul

 

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lombard, David N
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 5:10 PM
To: Palathingal, Paul J.; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Oscar-users] IDE hard drive bug

 

Hi Paul!

 

Welcome to our world...

 

Anyway, I just asked Tom about the differences between the head node, where this drive apparently shows up as /dev/hda, and the clients, where it’s not found.

 

Do you know of any differences?

 

Does the BIOS see the disk?

 

Do you see the device fly by as the kernel’s booting on the client?  It may help to set up a serial console and record it to a file via minicom or some such...

 

--

David N. Lombard

 

My comments represent my opinions, not those of Intel Corporation.


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Palathingal, Paul J.
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 1:51 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Oscar-users] IDE hard drive bug

 

Hello,

 

 My name is Paul Palathingal and i am new to OSCAR. I have been trying to setup a 4 node cluster machine (head node + 3 client nodes). However i ran into the following problem.

 

On the compute node i use the floppy to boot up and let the system imager (version 3.3.2) to load the kernel. However it does not load the ide hard drive modules. When I do a # ls /dev/hda* it does not show anything. I have an IDE hard drive.

 

Because of the above during the boot up process by the system imager on the client node I get the following error when running the script for that client node.

 

"DISK0 not found"

 

I talked with Thomas Naughton and discussed the bug with him.

 

Many Thanks

Paul

 

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