[sisuite-users] ANNOUNCE: New version of pxeconfig/pxemenu utilities (2.0.0)
2.0.0 - Fixed a bug in -r/--remove option. Do not display pxe filemame menu. Author: Bas van der Vlies - pxeconfigd.xinetd in the example directory is created by configure. Implemented by : Bas van der Vlies Ole Holm Nielsen - Fixed some spell errors Author: Bas van der Vlies Ole Holm Nielsen - Add new optione -w/--equal-width, eg: * pxeconfig -w --basename gb-r40n -s 9 -e 10 --filename default.install Will create links to default.install for hosts: gb-r40n09 gb-r40n10 Suggested by : Ole Holm Nielsen Implemented by : Bas van der Vlies - Various bugs fixed with setting pxeconfig directory in pxeconfig.conf: - Setting of the pxeconfig directory in config file did not have any effect - Convert pxeconfig directory to realpath else os.chdir fails Author: Bas van der Vlies - Fixed a bug in short option '-b' (basename) must have an argument. Author: Bas van der Vlies - In analogue with systemimager we have the option: -H,--host-range number-number It must be used in combinatiion with -b,--basebane, eg: pxeconfig --basename gb-r1n --host-range 1-2 -f default.memtest will produce links to file default.memtest for these hosts - gb-r1n1 - gb-r1n2 If leading zeros are used, then host names will be padded with zeros. pxeconfig --basename gb-r1n --host-range 01-02 -f default.memtest will produce links to file default.memtest for these hosts - gb-r1n01 - gb-r1n02 Suggested by : Ole Holm Nielsen Implemented by : Bas van der Vlies - We do need the check for a C-compiler so remove it from the configure.in and made a new configure Author: Bas van der Vlies - Added -R,--rack and -N,--node option, eg: pxeconfig --basename gb- --rack r1-r2 --node n1-n2 -f default.memtest will produce links to file defaul.memtest for these hosts: - gb-r1n1 - gb-r1n2 - gb-r2n1 - gb-r2n2 If leading zeros are used, then rack and/or node names will be padded with zeros, eg: pxeconfig --basename gb- --rack r01-r02 --node n01-n02 -f default.memtest will produce links to file defaul.memtest for these hosts: - gb-r01n01 - gb-r01n02 - gb-r02n01 - gb-r02n02 Author: Bas van der Vlies - Added --dry-run mode Author: Bas van der Vlies = For more info about the package see the pxeconfig homepage: * https://subtrac.sara.nl/oss/pxeconfig You can download the latest release from: * ftp://ftp.sara.nl/pub/outgoing/pxeconfig.tar.gz Here is the README: = PXE-utilities - This is a release of the SARA package of utilities that we use to boot our nodes with PXE-enabled network cards. This was developed because we always want to use the PXE-enabled network card as our first boot device. With pxelinux, which is a derivative of syslinux, you can specify with a PXE configuration file how the node must boot. This configuration is placed in, e.g. '/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg' directory. The PXE-menu tools are used to control the booting of networked computers directly from the computer's console at the BIOS level before any operating system has been loaded. This is extremely useful for diagnostic purposes, or for selecting an operating system installation method, of an individual computer. For further information please read the files README-pxemenu and INSTALL-pxemenu. In our setup we have a default setup. The default setup is to boot from harddisk. When a node boots it fetches the default configuration file and the configuration file tells the node to boot from the harddisk. This setup is used for nodes that have already been installed by systemimager. At SARA we have developed the following strategy how to install a fresh node. 1) The ip-address in our setup is known for the new node. So we make a link in the '/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg' directory to a pxe config file which tells that it has to fetch the kernel en root filesystem from our bootserver, eg: 0A000A02 --- default.node_install (10.0.10.2) 2) The client starts and uses the systemimager software to install the node. The last line of installation script connects to a daemon on the bootserver. This daemon will remove the PXE config filefor this node. 3) The node reboots and will use the default pxe config file which will instruct the node to boot from harddisk. This release contains the following utilities: pxeconfigd) This is daemon that removes the pxe configuration file of a node. pxeconfig) With this program we can specify which pxe config file a node or nodes must use. This utility will create the links
Re: [sisuite-users] can not find .ROOTDEV /dev/ram under [BOOT]
Walter Tautz wrote: Thanks Andrea, I will endeavour to test it. When I run si_prepareclient --server x I get in /etc/systemconfig/systemconfig.conf: # more /etc/systemconfig/systemconfig.conf [BOOT] ROOTDEV = /dev/sda2 BOOTDEV = /dev/sda DEFAULTBOOT = systemimager [KERNEL0] LABEL = systemimager PATH = /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic INITRD = /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic APPEND = ro single This seems ok. Anyway, the problem was in the embedded systemconfig.conf created by si_updateclient --autoinstall. where ii systemimager-client 4.1.6 Utilities for creating an image and upgradin ii systemimager-common 4.1.6 Utilities and libraries common to both the s ii systemimager-initrd-template-i386 4.1.6 SystemImager initrd template for i386 client [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg -l |grep systemonfigurator 2.2.12.svn716arighi Unified Configuration API for Linux Installa This should work. The image server has same version of systemconfigurator. Running on Ubuntu/i386/hardy walter ps. Thanks for looking into this! You're efforts are greatly appreciated. Thanks, -Andrea - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ sisuite-users mailing list sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
[sisuite-users] Unrecognised option: ForceArray ... from si_mkclientnetboot?
Hi, When I am runing si_mkclientnetboot --netboot --clients test, I got this error: [netboot] using the kernel and initrd.img for architecture: i386 [netboot] using the flavor: standard Unrecognised option: ForceArray at /usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/HostRange.pm line 103 I have googled and searched archive with no results. I have changed ForceArray to forcearray, which seems passed this error, but gave the following error instead: Not an ARRAY reference at /usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/HostRange.pm line 127. Wondering if anybody can give some advices. My systeim information: RHEL AS 3, systemimager 4.0.2, perl 5.8.0 Thanks in advance. CY === Yu Chen Howard Hughes Medical Institute Chemistry Building, Rm 182 University of Maryland at Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250 phone: (410)455-1728 (primary) (410)455-6347 (secondary) fax:(410)455-1174 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] === - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ sisuite-users mailing list sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
Re: [sisuite-users] Unrecognised option: ForceArray ... from si_mkclientnetboot?
Yu Chen wrote: Hi, When I am runing si_mkclientnetboot --netboot --clients test, I got this error: [netboot] using the kernel and initrd.img for architecture: i386 [netboot] using the flavor: standard Unrecognised option: ForceArray at /usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/HostRange.pm line 103 I have googled and searched archive with no results. I have changed ForceArray to forcearray, which seems passed this error, but gave the following error instead: Not an ARRAY reference at /usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/HostRange.pm line 127. Wondering if anybody can give some advices. My systeim information: RHEL AS 3, systemimager 4.0.2, perl 5.8.0 Thanks in advance. CY Which version of XML::Simple are you using? Check the changelog to see if your version supports the forcearray option: http://search.cpan.org/src/GRANTM/XML-Simple-2.18/Changes Otherwise, you need to update this perl module. -Andrea - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ sisuite-users mailing list sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
Re: [sisuite-users] Unrecognised option: ForceArray ... from si_mkclientnetboot?
When I am runing si_mkclientnetboot --netboot --clients test, I got this error: [netboot] using the kernel and initrd.img for architecture: i386 [netboot] using the flavor: standard Unrecognised option: ForceArray at /usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/HostRange.pm line 103 I have googled and searched archive with no results. I have changed ForceArray to forcearray, which seems passed this error, but gave the following error instead: Not an ARRAY reference at /usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/HostRange.pm line 127. Wondering if anybody can give some advices. My systeim information: RHEL AS 3, systemimager 4.0.2, perl 5.8.0 Thanks in advance. CY Which version of XML::Simple are you using? Check the changelog to see if your version supports the forcearray option: http://search.cpan.org/src/GRANTM/XML-Simple-2.18/Changes Otherwise, you need to update this perl module. Thank you Andrea, you pointed me to the right direction. I have two perl installed, one installed manully, one installed from rpm. The XML-Simple in the manully installed one not working, but got found first, so ... Thanks! Chen -Andrea - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ sisuite-users mailing list sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users === Yu Chen Howard Hughes Medical Institute Chemistry Building, Rm 182 University of Maryland at Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250 phone: (410)455-1728 (primary) (410)455-6347 (secondary) fax:(410)455-1174 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] === - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ sisuite-users mailing list sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
