Mike:

UYOK uses the kernel which the Linux distribution provides, so it's not
really a "custom kernel".

Basically instead of using the standard boot kernel/initrd.img which
comes with SystemImager, it takes the running kernel of the image server
and generate a initrd.img that works with SystemImager based on the
intird_template for that architecture.

Just thought I'd clarify this.

Cheers,

Bernard 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 12:41
> To: Bernard Li
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Oscar-devel] RFC: UYOK option in "Setup Networking"?
> 
> Yes, please, I think this is critically needed for many users.  Custom
> kernels seem to be the norm in cluster computing, not the exception,
> and making people drop out of oscar to deal with them seems silly.
> 
> On 6/20/06, Bernard Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I would like to add a new radio button in "Setup 
> Networking" to enable
> > UYOK.
> >
> > For those of you who don't know what UYOK is, you can read about it
> > here:
> >
> > http://svn.oscar.openclustergroup.org/trac/oscar/wiki/SystemImager
> >
> > Basically if that button is enabled, then a UYOK enabled 
> kernel/ramdisk
> > will generated on the headnode and when the "setup network 
> boot" button
> > is pressed, this kernel/ramdisk will be copied to /tftpboot 
> as opposed
> > to the standard one which ships with SystemImager.
> >
> > This will also update /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default's 
> append line with
> > an appropriate ramdisk_size.
> >
> > Thoughts?  This won't be enabled by default, but would be 
> an easy point
> > & click way for users to make use of UYOK.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Bernard
> >
> >
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> >
> 


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