Hi!

I have tried to change the ide.disk, autoinstallscript.conf and
node1.sh. Choosing on all files that the drive to install is /dev/hdc.
And at the installation, the operative system is installed at drive
/dev/hda. The drive hdc isn't touched.

Any idea?

Thanks :)

2006/10/5, Michael Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I don't think you should have to change the systemimager scripts, I believe
> the only file you would need to change is
> $OSCAR_HOME/oscarsamples/ide.disk (for example).
>
> Currently it reads:
> /dev/hda1        24   ext3  /boot      defaults
> /dev/hda5        128  swap
> /dev/hda6        *    ext3  /          defaults
> nfs_oscar:/home  -    nfs   /home      rw
>
> If you change this to:
> /dev/hdc1        24   ext3  /boot      defaults
> /dev/hdc5        128  swap
> /dev/hdc6        *    ext3  /          defaults
> nfs_oscar:/home  -    nfs   /home      rw
>
> I think this should make it only touch the hdc drive, and nothing else.
>
> As to the second question, I think it will be a huge amount of trouble, but
> you should be able to do it with a lot of fiddling.  For example, your grub
> script will work fine for switching from linux to windows, but how do you
> switch back since you don't have direct write access to the linux
> partition?  So you'll have to mount the linux drive somehow (I believe there
> are utilities for doing this) and then make a script for switching to linux
> that windows will recognise and run.
>
> netbootmgr (a utility which comes with Oscar 5.0) might be able to help with
> this problem?  When you use netbootmgr the nodes are always booted off the
> network and the netbootmgr tells them what to actually boot to.  It is a
> very handy tool, but I don't know if it would be able to direct the nodes to
> boot into windows.   I would think it should be able to do anything grub was
> able to do in theory though.
>
>
>
> On 10/5/06, Adrià Forés <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for reply, so fast :D
> >
> > For this reason, now I have two computers for testing the
> > configuration. If during  the tests windows it's erased , there are no
> > problem :). For install oscar on /dev/hdc I have seen that changing
> > something in
> /var/lib/systemimager/scripts/the-name-of-node1.sh it can
> > be factible. I don't know if I have to change something in
> > autoinstallscript.conf also.
> >
> > About the second question, I will question to us if you tink it's a
> > good way for manage the hybrid cluster. (a script on the two operative
> > systems for modify the default OS to load on grub).
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Adrià
> >
> > 2006/10/5, Michael Edwards < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > I believe you would only have to change the partition file for the
> client
> > > nodes to reflect the desired disk setup.  I am not positive that it
> won't
> > > blow away the windows partition anyway though.  I keep meaning to try
> this
> > > sort of thing, but I haven't ever gotten around to it.
> > >
> > > You will likely have to set up the grub.conf for the nodes by hand
> later,
> > > but you were planning on doing that anyway, so its not a big loss.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10/5/06, Adrià Forés <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > I'm a last year student of computer sience on the girona university
> > > > (spain). I have to do my final project for the degree and I have to
> > > > design and implement a high performance cluster and later do a paralel
> > > > algorithm about radiosity.
> > > >
> > > > Now I have two computers from another department for make tests. And I
> > > > will have access to a windows cluster of 4 hp proliant dl145  (dual
> > > > opterons :D ).
> > > >
> > > > The cluster will use oscar. I will put on each computer an extra hard
> > > > drive, the existing for windows, and another for linux. The machines
> > > > are on a rack, with this only the headnode have monitor, mouse and
> > > > keyboard.
> > > >
> > > > I'm looking for the modifications that I have to do for install oscar
> > > > on /dev/hdc. Anyone knows what are the files that I have to modify and
> > > > what I have to change for this ?
> > > >
> > > > Now I'm planning how to change the operative system of the cluster.
> > > > Because I can use grub (the boot loader) on the headnode, but I don't
> > > > want to plug keyboard ant monitor on every machine for choose the
> > > > operative system. For that problem, I've thinked about modify the
> > > > grub.conf file when you want to change your operative system (with a
> > > > script, logicaly).
> > > >
> > > > This script will put on all the nodes the default boot operative
> > > > system linux or windows. For example, if I'm on linux and I want to
> > > > work with windows cluster, I will put all the boot loaders on windows
> > > > default. I have to test this. And the little problem is in windows
> > > > (make the change), I've seent that I can install openSSH and a driver
> > > > for ext3 filesystems on windows (I will test this during next week,
> > > > probably).
> > > >
> > > > What do you think about my idea? Any better way for this ? ;)
> > > >
> > > > I don't know if you will understant this, I don't have a perfect
> english,
> > > sorry.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Adrià
> > > >
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