Hi Bernard, As for releasing 4.1.7, IMHO, for having used it with OSCAR 6.0.5pre and CentOS 5.4, it works fine. For other purposes, I can't tell if the code is ready, but I don't see any reasons why it wouldn't.
For my part, the great advantage of this version is its kernel that supports the HP Raid Array (cciss) without FIFO Full error messages. So, for all people wanting to use OSCAR on HP servers that have a cciss raid array, I think it would be very usefull as it would avoid the "use your own kernel" requirement. In simple words yes it would be very helpful to have a new release :-) As for grub2: it is the standard bootloader for Mandriva Linux 2010, and it is supported by at least SuSE 11 and debian unstable if I'm correct. Booting on GPT partition table is only possible with grub2. grub1 and LILO are unable to boot a GPT partition table. My cluster head is equipped with only a big 6To raid array and so far only Mandriva 2010 was able to install itself on this hardware. I'm planing to port Mandriva grub2 rpm to CentOS 5.4 so I could image my head and then, using a mandriva live usb key, I would grub2 the boot. As for the patch, I'd be glad to create it, unfortunately, if you read oscar-devel mailing list you'll notice that I'm a perl newbee. For now, I'll look at porting grub2 package and then, if I succeed, I'll give a try though. Best Regards, Olivier. Le mercredi 25 novembre 2009 06:20:40 Bernard Li, vous avez écrit : > Hi Olivier: > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Olivier LAHAYE <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Just to report that I'm testing latest svn version of systemimager (4.1.7 > > svn 4474) on CentOS 5.4 running on an HP system with a raid array (CCISS) > > and it is the 1st version that runs flawlessly. No need to run my own > > kernel to avoid Fifo full errors on cciss decices. > > > > No bug found so far. I'm testing this within the latest svn version of > > OSCAR (6.0.5 svn 9034) > > Thanks for the report! Recently I have updated the kernel as well as > LVM and tar. I am glad that this is working out for you. > > I was thinking of making a release when I get the chance. If you > think the code is ready, I can make a 4.1.7 release which the OSCAR > team can then bundle -- would that be helpful? > > > One question though: does system imager support booting on GPT partition > > table? In other words: does it support grub2. If not, is it aimed? > > Does grub1 (grub-legacy) not support GPT partition table? I know for > certain that grub2 is not currently supported, but that does not mean > it cannot be added in the future. However, your underlying OS would > need to be running grub2 as well. > > You are more than welcome to work on a patch and submit that to us. > The code for SystemConfigurator which would be in-charge of the grub > management is available here: > > http://svn.systemimager.org/listing.php?repname=systemconfigurator&path=%2F&sc=0 > > Cheers, > > Bernard > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > sisuite-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users > -- Olivier LAHAYE CEA Saclay DRT-LIST-DETECS-SSTM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 _______________________________________________ sisuite-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
