Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-21 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Monday 16 January 2006 10:31, Gavin Tran wrote: > The modilfied 2.6.8 kernel seems not recognize my SATA drive. This > happened for only the modified 2.6.8 kernel. The new fresh kernel > installed from apt-get is ok. But that has some trouble with drivers. what version has the "new fresh

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-21 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Brian, On Wednesday 18 January 2006 14:29, Brian Showalter wrote: > You can see the updated tutorial on the FAI wiki at > http://faiwiki.informatik.uni-koeln.de/index.php/User:BrianShowalter/Using_ >customized_kernels_with_FAI. I've read your tutorial and added some questions to http://faiwik

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-19 Thread Henning Glawe
On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 07:48:51AM +0100, Juergen Kahnert wrote: > > not really. there's nothing that forces the _unpack_ order in a plain > > 'Depends:'. > > are you sure? I can't find an example at my software log for this. Ok, I > didn't checked everything, but for example ash: > > [...] > >

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-18 Thread Juergen Kahnert
Hello Henning, On Wed, 18. Jan. 2006 at 23:08:23 +0100, Henning Glawe wrote: > not really. there's nothing that forces the _unpack_ order in a plain > 'Depends:'. are you sure? I can't find an example at my software log for this. Ok, I didn't checked everything, but for example ash: Pre-Depe

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-18 Thread Henning Glawe
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:56:42PM +0100, Juergen Kahnert wrote: > On Wed, 18. Jan. 2006 at 22:39:54 +0100, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > > In what way would dependencies help you? > > Packages with solved dependencies are installed in alphabetical order. > So modules likes "alsa" are installed befo

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-18 Thread Juergen Kahnert
On Wed, 18. Jan. 2006 at 22:39:54 +0100, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > In what way would dependencies help you? Packages with solved dependencies are installed in alphabetical order. So modules likes "alsa" are installed before the kernel and modules like openafs after it. If the modules depend on

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-18 Thread Michael Tautschnig
> Hi, > > On Wed, 18. Jan. 2006 at 17:35:10 +0100, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > > Add > > > > silent_modules = yes > > > > to /etc/kernel-img.conf, which thus needs to be copied before a kernel > > might get installed; > > but this is an general ignore of this warning. If everybody in every > c

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-18 Thread Juergen Kahnert
Hi, On Wed, 18. Jan. 2006 at 17:35:10 +0100, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > Add > > silent_modules = yes > > to /etc/kernel-img.conf, which thus needs to be copied before a kernel > might get installed; but this is an general ignore of this warning. If everybody in every case could safely ignore

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-18 Thread Michael Tautschnig
> Hi, > > On Wed, 18. Jan. 2006 at 05:29:33 -0800, Brian Showalter wrote: > > You can see the updated tutorial on the FAI wiki at > > http://faiwiki.informatik.uni-koeln.de/index.php/User:BrianShowalter/Using_customized_kernels_with_FAI. > > and what about modules for the custom kernel? For examp

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-18 Thread Juergen Kahnert
Hi, On Wed, 18. Jan. 2006 at 05:29:33 -0800, Brian Showalter wrote: > You can see the updated tutorial on the FAI wiki at > http://faiwiki.informatik.uni-koeln.de/index.php/User:BrianShowalter/Using_customized_kernels_with_FAI. and what about modules for the custom kernel? For example alsa? If th

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-18 Thread Brian Showalter
--- Gavin Tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm also happy to report that I get custom kernel working on > clients. > That's quite a bit tricky from what I'm doing. > First I'd followed guide from Brian , but it didn't come as > supposing to be. > Try googling around alot, than found this > > htt

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-18 Thread Gavin Tran
Hi guys, I'm also happy to report that I get custom kernel working on clients. That's quite a bit tricky from what I'm doing. First I'd followed guide from Brian , but it didn't come as supposing to be. Try googling around alot, than found this http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.p

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-16 Thread Gavin Tran
Hi Brian, Could you give me more details about what you've done to get custom kernel working on clients. Thank you On 1/17/06, Brian Showalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Brian Showalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 4. For the new system's kernel I need to go back to the kernel > > sour

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-16 Thread Brian Showalter
--- Brian Showalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 4. For the new system's kernel I need to go back to the kernel > source, set CONFIG_ROOT_NFS to "N" and compile it into a fresh .deb I'm happy to report that I've finally been successful at getting a customized kernel to install and boot on the cli

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-16 Thread Thomas Lange
> On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:02:57 -0800 (PST), Brian Showalter <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> said: > and still got the same results. Yes, I'm trying to install the same > kernel that's used for the FAI install into the new system so that it > will use it for post-install booting. Dont'

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-16 Thread Brian Showalter
--- Thomas Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just overlooked something. You boot a kernel that tries to mount > the > root file system via NFS (Root-NFS). That's not your new kernel, > that's the fai install kernel. Check pxelinux config and watch the > PXE/DHCP messages which kernel get loaded

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-16 Thread Michael Tautschnig
[...] > > > fresh kernel means i fai install the kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386 from > local deb mirror when i didn't specify it to install modified kernel. > The kernel which install by default as a new machine. > As Thomas noted, are you sure that image got installed and is loaded by grub/lilo? [..

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-16 Thread Gavin Tran
On 1/16/06, Michael Tautschnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up > > > > VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy > > > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda8" or unknown-block(2,0) > > > > Please append a correct "root=" boot o

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-16 Thread Thomas Lange
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 20:45:42 -0800 (PST), Brian Showalter <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> said: >> > On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:48:52 -0800 (PST), Brian Showalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >> > Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up >> > VFS: Unable to mount root fs via

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-16 Thread Michael Tautschnig
> > > Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up > > > VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy > > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda8" or unknown-block(2,0) > > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > > > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount r

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-16 Thread Gavin Tran
> > Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up > > VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda8" or unknown-block(2,0) > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs or

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-16 Thread Michael Tautschnig
[...] > > The root should be on /dev/hda8, and the /boot partition is on > /dev/hda1. This is on a standard IDE drive. > > I tried adding the ide-disk module to the $moduleslist variable in > /usr/share/fai/class/FAIBASE.var, ran make-fai-nfsroot again and then > did another install which also re

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-15 Thread Brian Showalter
--- Thomas Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:48:52 -0800 (PST), Brian Showalter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up > > VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda8"

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-15 Thread Thomas Lange
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 23:17:25 +0100, Michael Tautschnig <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> said: >> root partition? Then append the name of the kernel module to >> /etc/modules. Therefore you can use the variable $moduleslist in a >> *.var file. > I don't think this will do the tric

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-15 Thread Michael Tautschnig
> > On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:48:52 -0800 (PST), Brian Showalter <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]> said: > > > Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up > > VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda8" or unknown-block(2,0) > > Please a

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-15 Thread Thomas Lange
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:48:52 -0800 (PST), Brian Showalter <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> said: > Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up > VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda8" or unknown-block(2,0) > Please append a correc

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-15 Thread Brian Showalter
--- Thomas Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What does fai-chboot -l on the install server tells you? Every > client > should disable its pxelinux config file (calling rsh/ssh fai-chboot > -d > on the install server). Therefor you need to define LOGUSER and > this > user needs write permissions f

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-15 Thread Thomas Lange
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 04:47:18 -0800 (PST), Brian Showalter <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> said: > BINGO! That did it! Now the custom 2.6.14 kernel does get installed > and shows up in the GRUB menu after the end-of-install reboot, and > I've learned something new about package namin

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-15 Thread Michael Tautschnig
> --- Michael Tautschnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 1. Uncomment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY in > > /etc/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf > > > and set it to "deb file:/fai/files packages/". > > Why don't you use the KERNELPACKAGE variable in > > make-fai-nfsroot.conf? > > I do have the KERNELPACKAGE v

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-15 Thread Brian Showalter
--- Michael Tautschnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. Uncomment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY in > /etc/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf > > and set it to "deb file:/fai/files packages/". > Why don't you use the KERNELPACKAGE variable in > make-fai-nfsroot.conf? I do have the KERNELPACKAGE variable set to the

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-15 Thread Michael Tautschnig
[...] > > 1. Uncomment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY in /etc/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf > and set it to "deb file:/fai/files packages/". Why don't you use the KERNELPACKAGE variable in make-fai-nfsroot.conf? > > 2. Run make-fai-nfsroot. > > 3. Copy the customized kernel-image-2.6.14-fai-kernels_1_i386.de

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-14 Thread Brian Showalter
--- Gavin Tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm building a beowulf in which nodes supposed to use the > re-configured kernel image made with make-kpkg. > > I've put the following lines into /fai/class/FAIBASE.var > > addpackages="kernel-image-2.6.8-fai_2_i386" > # parameters for the kernel > kapp

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-14 Thread Michael Tautschnig
[...] > > But is it possible to override the fresh kernel-image installed later ? > What does "fresh" mean in that case? Does that question mean that you intend to install some different kernel later on, i.e., via softupdates? If that holds, the answer is yes - it is as easy as adding a different

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-13 Thread Gavin Tran
> > I've put the following lines into /fai/class/FAIBASE.var > > > > addpackages="kernel-image-2.6.8-fai_2_i386" > > Do you use the fai-kernels config for the running system (I suspect if > because the name you are using)? I am not exactly sure if this kernel > is optimized for usage in production/

Re: Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-13 Thread Henning Sprang
On 1/13/06, Gavin Tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm building a beowulf in which nodes supposed to use the > re-configured kernel image made with make-kpkg. > > I've put the following lines into /fai/class/FAIBASE.var > > addpackages="kernel-image-2.6.8-fai_2_i386" Do you use the fai-ke

Install nodes with re-configured kernel image

2006-01-13 Thread Gavin Tran
Hi, I'm building a beowulf in which nodes supposed to use the re-configured kernel image made with make-kpkg. I've put the following lines into /fai/class/FAIBASE.var addpackages="kernel-image-2.6.8-fai_2_i386" # parameters for the kernel kappend='' In /fai/package_config/DEFAULT, PACKAGES ins