In the last installment, I had appeared to have successfully completed "build OSCAR client image" and failed at "define OSCAR clients". In order to successfully complete the client definition, I had to make the following mods:
1) The client image was missing /opt/mpich-1.2.5.10-ch_p4-gcc/bin. This was caused by a missing <rpmlist> block in packages/mpich/config.xml. Adding the block corrected the initial failure to include any mpich RPMs. 2) Once the mpich RPMs were included, update-rpms failed to install mpich as it incorrectly reported a missing dependency. A correction to update-rpms then allowed the mpich RPMs to be installed. As of now, I can successfully complete the "Setup networking..." step. However, the clients will not build because the /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default file is incorrect, it's a "localboot" file, not the expected SI kernel/initrd download file. I manually copied /etc/systemimager/pxelinux.cfg/syslinux.cfg to /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default; this allowed the client to boot and build. I will report this problem on the systemimager list, it may be an SI problem or a failure to update oscar (scripts/setup_pxe) for the current SI packages. Having successfully built the client, the "complete cluster setup" reported a successful completion, however, the "test cluster setup" failed. The first time the cluster test was run, it failed and immediately closed the xterm window after only printing a couple of lines; on the second run, the test hung with: SSH server->node [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: This failure occurred because oscartst does not exist as a user on oscarnode1, i.e., /etc/passwd was not properly updated. Beyond that, - ssh as oscartst to the headnode worked properly - ssh as root to oscarnode1 worked properly - /home was NFS mounted from the headnode. Back to the salt mines ;-) -- David N. Lombard My comments represent my opinions, not those of Intel Corporation. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
