After spending a week on trying to figure out why my nodes are not booting with some help from the hardware vendors support folks we finally figured out that SystemConfigurator removed two vital lines from the grub.conf file.
The nodes I am dealing with are completely headless as in they have no VGA output devices. The console output has to go across the serial port which has a fixed baud rate of 9600. So the following two lines are vital for the systems to boot: serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 terminal --timeout=5 serial console When SystemConfigurator builds the resulting grub.conf on an imaged node these lines are omitted and the systems won't boot without them. These lines are present in the original grub.conf on the golden-client and in the grub.conf that exists on the SI server in /var/lib/systemimager/images/boot/grub/ but do not get preserved in the grub.conf on an imaged system. -- Steven DuChene ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Storage Efficiency Calculator This modeling tool is based on patent-pending intellectual property that has been used successfully in hundreds of IBM storage optimization engage- ments, worldwide. Store less, Store more with what you own, Move data to the right place. Try It Now! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51427378/ _______________________________________________ sisuite-users mailing list sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
