Which update version are we supporting? It seems that Fernando is testing RHAS3u2 and Dave is testing RHAS3u3?
Cheers, Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Lombard, David N > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 15:11 > To: Fernando Laudares Camargos; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Oscar-devel] "parcial success" with RHEL 3 *AS* (ia64) > > From: Fernando Laudares Camargos; Thursday, December 09, 2004 2:38 PM > > > >Hello, > > > > I tryed to install OSCAR 4 (2786) in a "Red Hat Enterprise > >Linux AS release 3 (Taroon Update 2)" with the "official" > rpmlist that > >David provided (for WS, U3). Here are some notes: > > > >1) First, I had to unselect ganglia and pvm (the actual rpms doesn't > >worked for us (ia64), which I don't know if would invalidate the > >"support" for this architecture. > > There are no "actual rpms" for these packages. I had to > build these... > > >2) Second, I had to modify redhat-3as-ia64.rpmlist in the following > way: > > - bind-libs > > - laus-libs > > - ltrace > > - rpm-lib > > + ssystemimager-server > > + perl-XML-Simple > > The first 4 are U2- v V3+ differences. I'd like to include > the U2 rpmlists so users can manually select them (with the > default still being the current (U3) versions. > > The last two are due to the broken oda filtering capability. > You have one work-around, there are others; all require > installing the SI server on the compute nodes :-/ > > >3) I had to download, install and "turn on" a copy of > >tftp-server-0.32-4.ia64.rpm, otherwise I couldn't push the > imagefile do > >the client. > > So, I guess tftp-hpa isn't working? Perhaps we need to ditch > that old thing and go back to the netkit version. Erich > Focht also used tftp-server on ia32 rhel. > > >4) I also had to do modifications in some configurations files to > attend > >our specific hardware needs ({DISKORDER}, client's modules.conf and > >ethernet adaptor choice, elilo, etc). > > Where is your elilo.efi? In /boot/efi? On U3, it's in > /boot/efi/efi/redhat/ Did you still manually copy the initrd, > as described in the current ia64 readme? > > >5) Final step 8 (test_cluster) completed successfully (although I had > to > >run it twice because MPICH (via PBS) still faills in the first try). > > Good to know. > > > The question is: i don't known if the succesfull of the tests > are > >enough to say that OSCAR 4, with some modifications, works > for RHEL3 AS > >in ia64. I also don't known if my modifications in Dave's rpmlist > are > >harmless for this specific distro or not. > > -- > David N. Lombard > > My comments represent my opinions, not those of Intel Corporation. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & > candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
