Hi Jack,
Try the 2 RPMS in the following URL
http://xcat.ocf.co.uk/devel/xCAT-ubuntu-0.2/RPMS/
i.e. debootstrap and dpkg, and then try doing the genimage.
My testing that I did about a year ago allowed me to do it from a rhel
based machine. Let me know how you get on
regards,
Arif
--
Arif Ali
catch me on freenode IRC, username: arif-ali
On 11 June 2013 14:51, Jack Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bruce
> Are you suggesting to install Ubuntu on the Management server then ?
> jack
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> 1. Re: Create Ubuntu Stateless Image on RHEL6.2 mgmt (Bruce M Potter)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:08:22 -0400
> From: Bruce M Potter <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Create Ubuntu Stateless Image on RHEL6.2 mgmt
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> We have not tested deploying ubuntu nodes from a rhel mgmt node. At the
> very least, you need to build your stateless image on an ubuntu node (not
> the rhel mgmt node), following
> https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?title=XCAT_iDataPlex_Cluster_Quick_Start#Building_an_Image_for_a_Different_OS_or_Architecture.
> But even after doing that i can't guarantee you won't run into other
> problems.
>
> Bruce Potter STSM, Linux & AIX Cluster Development, IBM,
> Poughkeepsie, NY
> Email: [email protected] Phone: external: 845-433-7073, internal: TL
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>
>
> From: Jack Singh <[email protected]>
> To: "[email protected]"
> <[email protected]>,
> Date: 06/10/2013 05:47 PM
> Subject: [xcat-user] Create Ubuntu Stateless Image on RHEL6.2 mgmt
>
>
>
> How do you create the stateless image of Ubuntu 12.04.02 using the RHEL6.2
> Management server.
>
> I have presented the /install folder from Management server to a VM
> running Ubuntu 12.04.02 I have copied netboot/Ubuntu folder on to the vm.
> When I run genimage command I am getting the following error ?apt
> invocation failed?
>
> root@precise64:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu# ./genimage
> --interactive -n igb -i eth0 -o ubuntu12.04.2 -p compute debootstrap
> --include=bash,nfs-common,openssl,dhcp3-client,linux-image-generic,openssh-server,openssh-client,wget,vim,ntp,rsyslog,rsync,busybox-static
> --arch amd64 precise /install/netboot/ubuntu12.04.2/x86_64/compute/rootimg
> file:///install/ubuntu12.04.2/x86_64/
> apt invocation failed
> root@precise64:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu# uname -a Linux
> precise64 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:39:51 UTC
> 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> root@precise64:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu# lsb_release -a No LSB
> modules are available.
> Distributor ID: Ubuntu
> Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
> Release: 12.04
> Codename: precise
>
> I need to deploy Ubuntu nodes on Xcat mgmt. server running RHEL6.2
>
> Thanks
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> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:21:11 +0800
> From: Yixuan Huang <[email protected]>
> Subject: [xcat-user] Fwd: install esxi4.1 and 5.1 on system x server
> To: xcat-user <[email protected]>
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> Hello,
> When I change netboot to pxe, i can boot esxi5.1 successfully. But I still
> have two questions:
> 1) what reason when I used xnba, it will loop infinite to install?
> 2) when installation has been successfully, if definition update in lsdef,
> as below information from that environment, status still get at installing.
> is it working as design?
>
> lsdef esxi5host:
> Object name: esxi5host
> arch=x86_64
> bmc=9.115.235.135
> bmcpassword=PASSW0RD
> bmcport=1
> bmcusername=USERID
> cons=ipmi
> currchain=boot
> currstate=boot
> groups=all
> installnic=vmnic1
> ip=192.168.1.5
> kcmdline=-c xcat/netboot/esxi5.1/x86_64/hypervisor/boot.cfg.install
> ks= http://192.168.1.2/install/autoinst/esxi5host
> kernel=xcat/netboot/esxi5.1/x86_64/hypervisor/mboot.c32
> mac=6C:AE:8B:60:FE:03
> mgt=ipmi
> netboot=pxe
> nfsserver=192.168.1.2
> nodetype=osi
> os=esxi5.1
> postbootscripts=otherpkgs
> postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles,setupntp
> primarynic=vmnic1
> profile=hypervisor
> provmethod=install
> status=installing
> statustime=06-11-2013 15:20:14
> xcatmaster=master
>
>
> Thanks,
> yixuan
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Yixuan Huang <[email protected]>
> Date: Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 11:12 PM
> Subject: install esxi4.1 and 5.1 on system x server
> To: [email protected]
>
>
> Hello,
> When I tried to install esxi4.1 and 5.1 with xcat 2.8.1. I met following
> issue.
> It can be booted and successfully installed, and reboot, but pxe will
> install esxi server again...
> lsdef esxihost (which esxihost is my esxi node information):
> Object name: esxihost
> arch=x86_64
> bmc=9.115.235.135
> bmcpassword=PASSW0RD
> bmcport=1
> bmcusername=USERID
> cons=ipmi
> currchain=boot
> currstate=install esxi4.1-x86_64-base
> groups=all
> installnic=eth1
> ip=192.168.1.4
> kcmdline=xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/vmkboot.gz quiet repo=
> http://192.168.1.2:8
> 0/install/esxi4.1/x86_64
> ks=http://192.168.1.2:80/install/autoinst/esxihostksde
> vice=vmnic1 --- xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/vmkernel.gz ---
> xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/bas e/sys.vgz --- xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/cim.vgz ---
> xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/ienv iron.vgz ---
> xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/install.vgz --- xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/m od.tgz
> kernel=xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/mboot.c32
> mac=6C:AE:8B:60:FE:03
> mgt=ipmi
> netboot=xnba
> nfsserver=192.168.1.2
> os=esxi4.1
> postbootscripts=otherpkgs
> postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles,setupntp
> primarynic=eth1
> profile=base
> provmethod=install
> status=installing
> statustime=06-09-2013 17:32:39
> xcatmaster=master
>
> Any idea to solve that issue? And how to debug if there has such issue,
> when I enable SOL, it cannot work for esxi installation, no output to SOL
> session.
>
> Another question is, when I used esxi5.1 to install, it still use legacy
> CSM PXE, not the UEFI pxe.
>
> Thanks,
> yixuan
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> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:54:07 +0800
> From: Yixuan Huang <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] install esxi4.1 and 5.1 on system x server
> To: xcat-user <[email protected]>
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> Finally, I got esxi5 to work now, both for pxe and xnba. But not for
> esxi4.1, it will fail to send result to xcatd. I comment reboot in auto
> install script, to see what happen on esxi host.
> Here is the /tmp/foo.log:
> connect: network is unreachable
> connect: errno=22
>
> When i try to ping that node, cannot ping.
> >From esxcfg-vmnic -l result, there has no IP present for vmnic1 which
> >is
> connect to network. However, when installation start before, I can ssh
> into that esxi host.
>
> When I tried to use netboot as pxe, when in pxe boot stage, it will be
> prompt message like: xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/mboot.c32: not a COM32R image.
>
>
> In a word, for xnba, xcat cannot be retrieved signal from node, something
> is wrong for network configuration; for pxe, will be failed at pxe boot.
>
> Any idea to help solve those issue?
>
>
> Thanks,
> yixuan
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Yixuan Huang <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > When I change netboot to pxe, i can boot esxi5.1 successfully. But I
> > still have two questions:
> > 1) what reason when I used xnba, it will loop infinite to install?
> > 2) when installation has been successfully, if definition update in
> > lsdef, as below information from that environment, status still get at
> > installing. is it working as design?
> >
> > lsdef esxi5host:
> > Object name: esxi5host
> >
> > arch=x86_64
> > bmc=9.115.235.135
> > bmcpassword=PASSW0RD
> > bmcport=1
> > bmcusername=USERID
> > cons=ipmi
> > currchain=boot
> > currstate=boot
> > groups=all
> > installnic=vmnic1
> > ip=192.168.1.5
> > kcmdline=-c
> > xcat/netboot/esxi5.1/x86_64/hypervisor/boot.cfg.install ks=
> http://192.168.1.2/install/autoinst/esxi5host
> > kernel=xcat/netboot/esxi5.1/x86_64/hypervisor/mboot.c32
> >
> > mac=6C:AE:8B:60:FE:03
> > mgt=ipmi
> > netboot=pxe
> > nfsserver=192.168.1.2
> > nodetype=osi
> > os=esxi5.1
> > postbootscripts=otherpkgs
> > postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles,setupntp
> > primarynic=vmnic1
> > profile=hypervisor
> > provmethod=install
> > status=installing
> > statustime=06-11-2013 15:20:14
> > xcatmaster=master
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > yixuan
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Yixuan Huang <[email protected]>
> > Date: Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 11:12 PM
> > Subject: install esxi4.1 and 5.1 on system x server
> > To: [email protected]
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> > When I tried to install esxi4.1 and 5.1 with xcat 2.8.1. I met
> > following issue.
> > It can be booted and successfully installed, and reboot, but pxe will
> > install esxi server again...
> > lsdef esxihost (which esxihost is my esxi node information):
> > Object name: esxihost
> > arch=x86_64
> > bmc=9.115.235.135
> > bmcpassword=PASSW0RD
> > bmcport=1
> > bmcusername=USERID
> > cons=ipmi
> > currchain=boot
> > currstate=install esxi4.1-x86_64-base
> > groups=all
> > installnic=eth1
> > ip=192.168.1.4
> > kcmdline=xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/vmkboot.gz quiet repo=
> > http://192.168.1.2:8
> > 0/install/esxi4.1/x86_64 ks=
> > http://192.168.1.2:80/install/autoinst/esxihostksde
> > vice=vmnic1 --- xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/vmkernel.gz ---
> > xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/bas e/sys.vgz --- xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/cim.vgz
> > --- xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/ienv iron.vgz ---
> > xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/install.vgz --- xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/m
> > od.tgz
> > kernel=xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/mboot.c32
> > mac=6C:AE:8B:60:FE:03
> > mgt=ipmi
> > netboot=xnba
> > nfsserver=192.168.1.2
> > os=esxi4.1
> > postbootscripts=otherpkgs
> > postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles,setupntp
> > primarynic=eth1
> > profile=base
> > provmethod=install
> > status=installing
> > statustime=06-09-2013 17:32:39
> > xcatmaster=master
> >
> > Any idea to solve that issue? And how to debug if there has such
> > issue, when I enable SOL, it cannot work for esxi installation, no
> > output to SOL session.
> >
> > Another question is, when I used esxi5.1 to install, it still use
> > legacy CSM PXE, not the UEFI pxe.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > yixuan
> >
> >
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