I have gotten similar errors when SATA drivers were not loaded (or the wrong ones were loaded). Something you might check is if the BIOS settings in the head and compute nodes are different. Many motherboards come with a SATA/IDE compatability mode, and I have on occasion had to use those to get linux to install. If you had that set on the head but not the compute nodes, it could cause problems.
Sounds like you have some good ideas though :) On Feb 19, 2008 1:05 PM, Reuben Budiardja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > On Tuesday 19 February 2008 10:24, Michael Edwards wrote: > > Did you get the machine from Dell with the OS preloaded? > > No, the preloaded OS was Windows Vista, which we wiped, reformatted the > harddrive, and put CentOS on it. So it seems CentOS has all the necessary > driver and can run fine on the head node. > > > Also you might try using the drivers from the modprobe.conf on the > > head node when imaging the disk. It shouldn't mater, but its > > something to try... > > Okay. > > > I have an example (with a lot of less relevant info also, sorry) here: > > http://svn.oscar.openclustergroup.org/trac/oscar/wiki/TipLDAP > > I got hit on that page from my previous searches. That was what gave me idea > to try using the modprobe.conf on the nodes (after it was installed). > > My other idea is to use CentOS DVD to boot the compute nodes, and then do > an "upgrade" without reformatting the root partition. I wonder if that will > somehow "fix" whatever is wrong. > > I'm still not sure what could be the cause of the kernel panic. Is it a driver > issue ? maybe the "SATA" driver is not pre-loaded correctly during booting? > any idea ? > > Thanks for the responds. > RDB > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2008 9:47 AM, Reuben Budiardja > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tuesday 19 February 2008 09:39, Reuben Budiardja wrote: > > > > On Tuesday 19 February 2008 08:54, Michael Edwards wrote: > > > > > Are the head node and the compute nodes all the same hardware? > > > > > > > > Yes, exactly the same. > > > > > > > > RDB > > > > > > Let me correct my self a bit. The compute nodes has an extra Nvidia > > > graphic card (in addition of the motherboard video card) that we're going > > > to use for experimenting with GP-GPU programming, but other than that, > > > they are the same. So I don't think the extra graphic card cause the > > > problem (I could be wrong). > > > > > > Thanks. > > > RDB > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-users mailing list > Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users