Hi Brad: I'm moving this thread to oscar-devel, since this is discussion on a development release of OSCAR and not on a released version.
Please subscribe to that mailing-list if you have not already done so: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel Thanks, Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Brad Aisa > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 16:38 > To: oscar users > Subject: [Oscar-users] Oscar 5.0 (FC5) install issues > > I'm trying to install Oscar 5.0 (FC5). > > 1. Can make partitions > > I got to the point where my node client PXE booted, and > started running all the install stuff. But it errored at the > disk partitioning stage, with some message such as PARTITION > NOT FOUND or something like that. > > My hard disk is properly installed. I had used the default > scsi.disk in the installer -- I noticed it had partition > lines like this: > sda1 /boot > sda5 swap > sda6 / > > What is up with the 5 and 6??? Shouldn't that be 2 & 3??? > > 2. Can't remake image > > I thought I would try again, make my own sata.disk file > (using sda1,2,3). When I got to the AddClients, I ran into > problems. I want to *recreate* the images for my first 2 > clients, since I have not succesfully installed them. But > there doesn't seem to be a way to delete clients that haven't > been successfully installed yet. I tried resetting the > parameters in the AddClients to the starting ones, but I just > got an error msg when I pressed the button. > > How do I delete the client images I haven't installed yet, > and redefine them? (Note the instructions mention a "Delete > client image" button on the wizard, but there is no such > button -- maybe that is because the nodes never actually got > installed? > > 3. Question about interfaces > > I have two NICs in my nodes. Maybe this is too complicated??? > The mobo nic is an Intel G lan on PCIE. I also added a Glan > on the PCI slot -- the idea was that the mobo NIC on fast > PCIE would be used exclusively for MPI, and the other NIC > would be used for normal network stuff. > > Some snags: > > a. PXE is only available on the mobo nic > b. the PCI nic ends up being eth0, whereas the mobo nic ends > up being eth1 > > It would seem "natural" in my plan to try to boot/install > onto the PCI nic, but that doesn't have PXE. > > Any tips or feedback on my approach??? Thanks! > > regards, > > > Brad Aisabaisa at brad-aisa dot com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
