Hi Bernard: I am appreciated all that you have done. I have tried your method(hardware.lst),unfortunately it does not work. I am now trying to recompile the 2.4.25 kernel with the new driver souce codes download from Adaptec.inc. If I get any progress, I will tell you.
Best Regards Kevin Zeng On 7/8/05, Bernard Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did you try my method (hardware.lst) and it did not work? > > I just tested the tool on SystemImager 3.3.2 (the version which came with > OSCAR 4.1) and it does not work. It would appear that it only works on the > trunk version in SVN (3.5.x). > > Cheers, > > Bernard > > ________________________________ > > From: Kevin.zsc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thu 07/07/2005 6:26 PM > To: Bernard Li > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] Problem about install slave nodes with SCSI hard > disk? > > > > Hi Bernard: > > As you said, the computer nodes are booted by SystemImager > kernel(boel2.4.25). I have downloaded the linux-2.4.25.tar.gz from > kernel.org and read the README.aic79xx in it. The Adaptec SCSI card > 39320(b) is not included in the supported hardware. This may explain > why the aic79xx.o in SystemImager kernel couldn't setup my scsi card. > > How can I resolve this problem? (recompile the 2.4.25kernel with the > newer scsi drivers source code, then replace the old aic79xx.o with > the new one, is it feasible? Anyway, I will try it.) > Or, where can I get the prototype tool? > > > Best Regards > Kevin Zeng > On 7/8/05, Bernard Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Kevin: > > > > The compute nodes are booted by the SystemImager kernel, not the kernel of > > your distribution. At times it doesn't have all the necessary drivers for > > your system, that is why some tweaking is necessary to get it going. > > > > If all else fails, there is a prototype tool which will let you use the > > kernel which came with your distribution + create an initrd.img that will > > work with it. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Bernard > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Kevin.zsc > > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 1:21 > > > > To: Bernard Li > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] Problem about install slave nodes with SCSI hard > > disk? > > > > > > Hi Bernard: > > > > Thank you very much for your timely response! > > When I network boot up my slave node , it loaded a kernel (2.4.25-Boel) and > > a initrd.img(Not the RHEL AS3' kernel 2.4.21-20 in the image). Then it got a > > ip from dhcp server of my master node. after that it excuted the shell > > script /etc/init.d/rcS in initrd.img. > > It seemed that the autoinstall stopped before it began to fetch the image > > file. > > > > Anyway,I will try your method. > > > > Best Regards > > Kevin Zeng > > > > On 7/7/05, Bernard Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Kevin: > > > > > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------- Foxconn Technology Group, China Longhua, Shenzhen, PRC Tel: +86-755-27706168-73064 Fax: +86-755-27706168-73122 ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the 'Do More With Dual!' webinar happening July 14 at 8am PDT/11am EDT. We invite you to explore the latest in dual core and dual graphics technology at this free one hour event hosted by HP, AMD, and NVIDIA. To register visit http://www.hp.com/go/dualwebinar _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users
