My only guess is that there is something peculiar with the switch. I know the switch I have uses a feature called something like "spanning tree" which has problems with handling "a lot" of TFTP requests (or something like that, the guys from Dell suggested it be turned off because it caused ROCKS to do strange things). I have seen similar problems with TFTP in the documentation for a switch I looked into for someone on the list, but I don't think that was ever confirmed to be the problem in that case.
Anyway, you might check the switch manifacturer's website for TFTP related lockups. "Rebooting" the switches and trying again might not be a bad idea either, make sure you give them a minute or two to forget what they were doing before. Assuming they aren't irritatingly helpful and save the broken state somehow on power down... You might try checking to see if the dhcp service isn't dead on the head node for some reason too... On 5/30/07, John O'Loughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have you checked to see if they are running the same BIOS version as > > the rest of the machines? I have had "identical" machines from the > > same vendor have radically different bios versions (and occasionally > > even slightly different hardware). > > Same BIOS version, AMIBIOS version 08.00.10 (ID H8DA8010) > > > Also, have you moved to a second switch (or third) when the machines > > stop working? That switch might not be routing to the head node > > properly. Also, are you trying to do them all at once or one at a > > time? > > Tried that, so the head node and the nodes I'm trying to install are all > on the same switch. > At the moment one at a time. When I collected all the MAC addresses i > rebooted them all and about 25 installed happily, with another 5 after one > or two reboots. For the others I've been trying to do them individually. > > > Just for the record, what hardware/distro/OSCAR version are you using? > > I'm using Scientific Linux 4.4 and OSCAR 5. > > Cheers > John > > > On 5/30/07, John O'Loughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi All > >> > >> I'm installing about 40 new nodes, most have gone fine (over 30) but I > >> have a bunch of nodes where the install just keeps failing. > >> > >> its gets as far as rsyncing files from the oscar server to /a > >> > >> /rsync -aHs ...10.0.0.9::oscarimage /a/ etc > >> > >> and then I get this message: > >> > >> nc: connect connection timed out > >> > >> nc: no route to host > >> > >> so not sure whats going on. The nodes that have worked ok are exactly the > >> same and in the same rack. > >> > >> Any pointers much appreciated. > >> > >> Regards > >> John > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > >> Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > >> control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > >> http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Oscar-users mailing list > >> Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Oscar-users mailing list > > Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-users mailing list > Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users
