Greetings, Has this problem been resolved? I'm finding the exact same behavior on my installation. The difference is that I have IBM xSeries 345 machines. Oscar version 2.2.1, RedHat 7.3.
The nodes do the first PXE network boot and initialize the hard disk drive with no indications of any errors. Then when the clients try to boot from the disk drive they get mptscsi.o missing symbols messages. Then "Kernel panic: no init found." Now the only driver that I had to install on the RedHat distribution was ethernet drivers for the dual gigabit ethernet ports on the motherboard. But the ethernet drivers that got included with the oscar 2.2.1 distribution are working fine on the network boot. What it looks like is that the default disk boot kernel is either missing some drivers that the network boot kernel has or it includes drivers that cause conflicts. I'm definately not a kernel guru and do not know how to track this one down. Thanks, Frank Shelly > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Chase-Salerno [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:55 AM > To: Jason B. > Cc: Antonio M. Ferreira, ""Ph.D.; Oscar-users List; Oscar-devel List > Subject: RE: [Oscar-users] Nodes fail to boot after network > install ... > continued > > > If you needed drivers that aren't included in the distro rpms, which I > believe is stated down in this note chain, you will also need to apply > those drivers to the images that you build. If they are available as > rpms you can just copy them to /tftpboot/rpm and add them to the > rpmlist. If not, you can put them in the image after it is built. You > may also have to create a hardware.lst file in the image if it doesn't > use this module by default. See the systemconfigurator man page for > details on that. > > Mike > > On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 15:22, Jason B. wrote: > > This seems like it might be an error with SIS, so I'm going > to kick it > > back out to the lists. I'll continue to investigate why > this might be > > happening. > > > > Jason > > > > At 02:15 PM 6/9/2003 -0500, Antonio M. Ferreira, Ph.D. wrote: > > > No errors. The mptscsih driver that's included works > fine, it just > > > doesn't load after a network install. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jason B. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 2:14 PM > > > To: Antonio M. Ferreira, Ph.D. > > > Subject: RE: [Oscar-users] Nodes fail to boot > after network > > > install ... continued > > > > > > > > > Are there any errors during the client installation? Do > > > your machines require a special driver for their SCSI > > > controller, or does the included driver work properly? > > > > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > At 02:02 PM 6/9/2003 -0500, Antonio M. Ferreira, Ph.D. > > > wrote: > > > > One was created on the Master node (the one that > > > > fails to load the SCSI module) and the other was > > > > created on a working client. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Jason B. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 2:01 PM > > > > To: Antonio M. Ferreira, Ph.D. > > > > Subject: RE: [Oscar-users] Nodes fail to boot > > > > after network install ... continued > > > > > > > > > > > > What is the difference between the images? > > > > > > > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > At 01:56 PM 6/9/2003 -0500, Antonio M. Ferreira, > > > > Ph.D. wrote: > > > > > Jason, > > > > > I have two images that I'm > playing with > > > > > right now. One gets to the > "LI" of LILO > > > > > and hangs, the other seems to boot > > > > > properly, but misses the mptscsih > > > > > drivers for some reason and then > > > > > complains that it can't find > the "init" > > > > > and gives a kernel panic error. > > > > > Tony > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Jason B. > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 10:34 AM > > > > > To: Antonio M. Ferreira, Ph.D. > > > > > Subject: RE: [Oscar-users] > Nodes fail to > > > > > boot after network install > ... continued > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If they are dual-processor boxes, then > > > > > you SHOULD use the smp > kernel. At what > > > > > point in the boot process do > the clients > > > > > fail? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 10:06 AM 6/9/2003 -0500, Antonio M. > > > > > Ferreira, Ph.D. wrote: > > > > > > Jason, > > > > > > All of the nodes are > > > > > > dual-processor boxes. I'll > > > > > > try the LILO trick > and see if > > > > > > that helps. > > > > > > Tony > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Jason B. > > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 > > > > > > 9:44 AM > > > > > > To: Antonio M. > Ferreira, Ph.D. > > > > > > Subject: RE: [Oscar-users] > > > > > > Nodes fail to boot after > > > > > > network install ... > continued > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Do your clients > have a single > > > > > > CPU or multiple > CPUs? If they > > > > > > have a single CPU, > you should > > > > > > try forcing them to > boot with > > > > > > the uni-processor kernel. > > > > > > When the LILO > prompt comes up, > > > > > > enter the UP kernel > name. To > > > > > > get a list, press > TAB, and the > > > > > > UP kernel should be > something > > > > > > like 2.4.7-10 (NOT the one > > > > > > with smp at the end). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If the above > solution doesn't > > > > > > work: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How far do the > clients get in > > > > > > the boot process? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 03:38 PM 6/6/2003 -0500, > > > > > > Antonio M. Ferreira, Ph.D. > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Jason, > > > > > > > I agree > that there's > > > > > > > no need to install > > > > > > > RedHat on the > > > > > > > clients, but my > > > > > > > problem has been > > > > > > > that I > can't seem to > > > > > > > get a > working image > > > > > > > transferred to > > > > > > > them. My purpose > > > > > > > for doing the hand > > > > > > > install was to see > > > > > > > if I could use > > > > > > > SystemImager to > > > > > > > create an > image of a > > > > > > > working client and > > > > > > > then install that > > > > > > > image > back onto the > > > > > > > client from the > > > > > > > master node ... it > > > > > > > didn't work. > > > > > > > My > kernels all came > > > > > > > off the > same set of > > > > > > > CDs, so there > > > > > > > shouldn't be any > > > > > > > > compatibility issues > > > > > > > there. I haven't > > > > > > > modified the image > > > > > > > (I assume you mean > > > > > > > the image in > > > > > > > > /var/lib/systemimager/images) before the install. My network > cards are on the motherboard. I'm running Dell Precision > 450's, so it's a Planar motherboard with the Intel Pro 1000 > NIC. My drivers for RedHat 7.3 came from a source at Intel. > > > > > > > What continues to > > > > > > > perplex me is that > > > > > > > the image > comes over > > > > > > > from the > master node > > > > > > > just fine, it just > > > > > > > won't > boot once it's > > > > > > > there. I'm > > > > > > > wondering if it > > > > > > > could be a problem > > > > > > > with my partition > > > > > > > table. > > > > > > > Tony > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <?xml:namespace > > > > > > > prefix = o ns = > > > > > > > > "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> > > > > > > > > ____________________ > > > > > > > Antonio > M. Ferreira, > > > > > > > Ph.D. > > > > > > > Department of > > > > > > > Chemistry > > > > > > > The University of > > > > > > > Memphis > > > > > > > J.M. > Smith Chemistry > > > > > > > Building > > > > > > > 3744 > Walker Avenue > > > > > > > Memphis, > Tennessee > > > > > > > 38152 > > > > > > > e-mail: > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Phone: (901) > > > > > > > 678-2630 > > > > > > > Fax: > (901) 678-3447 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > He who > will not risk > > > > > > > cannot win > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ���- John > Paul Jones > > > > > > > I must go down to > > > > > > > the seas again, > > > > > > > to the lonely sea > > > > > > > and the sky. > > > > > > > And all I ask is a > > > > > > > tall ship > > > > > > > and a > star to steer > > > > > > > her by. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - John Masefield > > > > > > > Computational > > > > > > > Research On > > > > > > > Materials > Institute > > > > > > > at the > University of > > > > > > > Memphis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original > > > > > > > Message----- > > > > > > > From: > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jason B. > > > > > > > Sent: > Thursday, June > > > > > > > 05, 2003 1:01 PM > > > > > > > To: Antonio M. > > > > > > > Ferreira, Ph.D.; > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Subject: Re: > > > > > > > > [Oscar-users] Nodes > > > > > > > fail to boot after > > > > > > > network > install ... > > > > > > > continued > > > > > > > First, there is no > > > > > > > need to install > > > > > > > RedHat on the > > > > > > > clients, since the > > > > > > > OSCAR installation > > > > > > > process > handles this > > > > > > > step. Did you > > > > > > > install a newer > > > > > > > kernel on the > > > > > > > clients? Did you > > > > > > > modify the image > > > > > > > filesystem before > > > > > > > the clients were > > > > > > > installed? Which > > > > > > > network > card do you > > > > > > > have? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 02:22 > PM 6/3/2003 > > > > > > > -0500, Antonio M. > > > > > > > Ferreira, Ph.D. > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello > > > > > > > > again > > > > > > > > everyone > > > > > > > > > ... here's > > > > > > > > > what I've > > > > > > > > got. > > > > > > > > > I started > > > > > > > > from > > > > > > > > scratch, > > > > > > > > > reinstalled RedHat 7.3 on the Master node and all the > clients. Our (hopefully soon-to-be) cluster consists of one > single processor box for the Master node and seven > dual-processor boxes for the compute nodes. I'm running the > smp kernel on the Master node to avoid compatibility issues. > There's one important note, however: > > > > > > > > I had to > > > > > > > > compile > > > > > > > > some > > > > > > > > drivers > > > > > > > > provided > > > > > > > > by Intel > > > > > > > > to get > > > > > > > > support > > > > > > > > for the > > > > > > > > on-board > > > > > > > > network > > > > > > > > cards. > > > > > > > > The > > > > > > > > drivers > > > > > > > > were > > > > > > > > > installed > > > > > > > > in the > > > > > > > > usual > > > > > > > > manner > > > > > > > > with an > > > > > > > > "insmod" > > > > > > > > > command. > > > > > > > > > Everything > > > > > > > > > seemed to > > > > > > > > work > > > > > > > > > fine. The > > > > > > > > MAC > > > > > > > > > collection > > > > > > > > worked > > > > > > > > without > > > > > > > > error as > > > > > > > > did the > > > > > > > > creation > > > > > > > > of the > > > > > > > > > autoinstall boot floppy. > > > > > > > > When I > > > > > > > > > reboot the > > > > > > > > > nodes with > > > > > > > > the boot > > > > > > > > floppy > > > > > > > > > everything > > > > > > > > seems to > > > > > > > > proceed > > > > > > > > > normally. > > > > > > > > I can > > > > > > > > > watch the > > > > > > > > network > > > > > > > > traffic > > > > > > > > > come over > > > > > > > > from the > > > > > > > > Master > > > > > > > > node and > > > > > > > > all the > > > > > > > > files > > > > > > > > > appear to > > > > > > > > be > > > > > > > > > installed. However, when I remove the boot floppy and reboot > the node, I get the following messages: (Does anyone know a > way to scroll back and read the lines that have scrolled > passed? I've tried the Ctrl-PageUp and Ctrl-B, but neither > seems to work.) > > > > > > > > > <long list > > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > > unresolved > > > > > > > > symbol > > > > > > > > errors > > > > > > > > > regarding > > > > > > > > > mptscsi.o> > > > > > > > > ERROR: > > > > > > > > > /bin/insmod exited abnormally! > > > > > > > > mounting > > > > > > > > /proc > > > > > > > > > filesystem > > > > > > > > Creating > > > > > > > > root > > > > > > > > device > > > > > > > > Mounting > > > > > > > > root > > > > > > > > > filesystem > > > > > > > > kmod: > > > > > > > > > failed to > > > > > > > > exec > > > > > > > > > /sbin/modprobe -s -k block-major-8, errno = 2 > > > > > > > > mount: > > > > > > > > error 6 > > > > > > > > mounting > > > > > > > > ext2 > > > > > > > > > pivotroot: > > > > > > > > > pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2 > > > > > > > > Freeing > > > > > > > > unused > > > > > > > > kernel > > > > > > > > memory: > > > > > > > > > 384k freed > > > > > > > > Kernel > > > > > > > > > panic: No > > > > > > > > init > > > > > > > > found. > > > > > > > > Try > > > > > > > > passing > > > > > > > > init= > > > > > > > > > option to > > > > > > > > kernel. > > > > > > > > <the > > > > > > > > system > > > > > > > > hangs > > > > > > > > here> > > > > > > > > What's > > > > > > > > > curious to > > > > > > > > me about > > > > > > > > this is > > > > > > > > that the > > > > > > > > > same SCSI > > > > > > > > > controller > > > > > > > > > is in each > > > > > > > > of the > > > > > > > > > machines, > > > > > > > > however > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > problem > > > > > > > > seems to > > > > > > > > be that > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > drivers > > > > > > > > for the > > > > > > > > SCSI > > > > > > > > > controller > > > > > > > > > are never > > > > > > > > loaded > > > > > > > > upon > > > > > > > > reboot > > > > > > > > after > > > > > > > > network > > > > > > > > > installation. > > > > > > > > Should I > > > > > > > > > create my > > > > > > > > network > > > > > > > > install > > > > > > > > image on > > > > > > > > > one of the > > > > > > > > client > > > > > > > > > nodes and > > > > > > > > > port this > > > > > > > > to the > > > > > > > > Master > > > > > > > > > node? If > > > > > > > > so, what > > > > > > > > set of > > > > > > > > > RPMs do I > > > > > > > > need to > > > > > > > > > include in > > > > > > > > > my client > > > > > > > > > installation? Also, has anyone done this before? > > > > > > > > > Thanks for > > > > > > > > all of > > > > > > > > > your help. > > > > > > > > Tony > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ____________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Antonio M. Ferreira, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ph.D. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "He who will not risk cannot win." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Department of Chemistry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The University of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Memphis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - John Paul Jones > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > J.M. 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