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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ________________ > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://www.paladi.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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