I cheated a little. I copied the initrd.img file used to tftp boot the PS3 to the image boot directory over the one that is generated automatically. This solved my boot up freeze problem. It appears that the cluster is now up and working. I am writing step-by-step instructions for a PS3 cluster using OSCAR5.1rc1 and YDL 5.0. Would anyone benefit from this? Most of the ones I found online seemed to be missing a couple of key components that someone not so savvy in Linux and OSCAR might not have picked up right away (speaking of myself).
David Wise Sr. Network Administrator Verisign Trusted Agent General Dynamics Information Technology 5166 Potomac Dr King George VA, 22485 Phone: (540) 663-1016 Cell: (540) 273-5764 FAX: (540) 663-1201 david.w...@gdit.com www.gdit.com -----Original Message----- From: geoffroy.val...@free.fr [mailto:geoffroy.val...@free.fr] Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:16 PM To: Wise, David M (Jr) Cc: oscar-users Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] PS3 issue David, You will have to execute the mkinitrd command in a chroot environment. Several emails have been posted lately regarding that specific point and i do not know enough of the PS3 configuration to give you the exact command to execute. I just modified OSCAR-6.x so this is done automatically but this is not available in OSCAR-5.x. Regards, ----- "David M Wise (Jr)" <david.w...@gdit.com> a écrit : > I had copied the /etc/modprobe.conf into the image once before while > troubleshooting this issue. But I have never "forced the creation of > the initrd into the image". Is there anything involved with forcing > the creation of the initrd into the image other than the copy of > modprobe.conf? > > David Wise > Sr. Network Administrator > Verisign Trusted Agent > General Dynamics Information Technology > 5166 Potomac Dr > King George VA, 22485 > Phone: (540) 663-1016 > Cell: (540) 273-5764 > FAX: (540) 663-1201 > david.w...@gdit.com > www.gdit.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: geoffroy.val...@free.fr [mailto:geoffroy.val...@free.fr] > Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:59 AM > To: oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: Wise, David M (Jr) > Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] PS3 issue > > David, > > This is the first time i hear about this problem with oscar-5.1 but > based on your return, it seems that the problem touches both OSCAR-5.1 > and oscar-6.x. Based on the return from users, it seems that this is > because of a bad interaction between OSCAR and SystemImager. If you > browse the mailing list, you will see suggestions from different > persons, some seem to work but unfortunately, nobody gave me enough > details so i could integrate that at least in OSCAR-6.x. > > Typically the solution is to copy the /etc/modprobe.conf file from > your head node to the image and force the creation of the initrd into > the image. I do not know if that will fix your issue but i guess you > can give it a try. > > Finally, please, if you manage to resolve the problem, send me the > details about what you did, otherwise it is impossible to push the > modification upstream. > > Regards, > > ----- "David M Wise (Jr)" <david.w...@gdit.com> a écrit : > > > I am trying to build an Oscar cluster using PS3’s. I am able to > > install YDL 5.0 and Oscar5.1rc1 on the head node PS3. I am having a > > problem with the image. I have created an image and successfully > > pulled it to a slave node with systemimager but the node will not > boot > > after the image is installed. I am getting errors telling me that > the > > system cannot mount /dev and /proc. Not sure where to go from here. > > Maybe someone can ask the right questions of me to get an idea of > what > > I need to do to proceed. Thanks in advance for any help you can > > provide. > > > > > > > > > > > > David Wise > > > > Sr. Network Administrator > > > > Verisign Trusted Agent > > > > General Dynamics Information Technology > > > > 5166 Potomac Dr > > > > King George VA, 22485 > > > > Phone: (540) 663-1016 > > > > Cell: (540) 273-5764 > > > > FAX: (540) 663-1201 > > > > david.w...@gdit.com > > > > www.gdit.com > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports > 2008 > > 30-Day > > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - > and > > focus on > > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > > > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > > _______________________________________________ > > Oscar-users mailing list > > Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users
