I would suggest installing OSCAR 5.0 on one of the supported distributions
before playing with the devel code. Then you'll have a rough idea of how
things should go. Thats just me though.
On Jan 12, 2008 4:47 AM, eric gisse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to build a cluster out of a dozen old systems of varying
> hardware types but the same general architecture. But at the moment, I'm
> building a server/node "cluster" in VMware because I know how much of a pain
> in the ass this is going to be. Plus a fedora reinstall on a vm & mounted
> ISO goes faster than a burned dvd on a old pentium 4.
>
> The OS I'm trying to use is fedora core 8 with emphasis on "trying". I'm
> downloading FC7 because my patience for this is running out and I have hit a
> dead end. Since I'm using a development version and it is breaking in
> different ways on a _fresh_ install, I figure this is the stuff you guys
> would like to know about.
>
> The current version of OSCAR I'm using is the 1-11-08 nightly build
> because it is the only one that supports FC8. I'm going to use FC7 next, and
> failing *that* I'll give FC6 a whirl. I'll use something else before I step
> more than 3 full fedora releases back.
>
> yume won't install without the --nogpgcheck switch on yum, the yume
> package isn't signed.
>
> The install_cluster script won't run to completion without the following
> packages:
>
> perl-xml-simple
> perl-html-tree
> xinetd
> php-pear
> xmlstarlet
> dhcp
>
> I have to install these manually. This is one hell of a way to learn
> linux...
>
> Once I finally convince the install script to reach the GUI stage, the
> wizard won't let me install oscar packages on the server without the
> following:
>
> csh <--- needed by pvm
> ksh <--- needed by ssh-oscar
>
> libaio <--- needed by opkg-lam-server
> libaio-devel <--- needed by opkg-lam-server
> lesstif <--- needed by i forget
> rrdtool <--- needed by opkg-ganglia-server
>
> There is a conflict between sge and monarch which I don't have any idea
> how to fix. Disabling sge allows me to install the packages.
>
> Finally, I can't create the client images at all. It is failing in a way I
> can't fix - I *know* it is short on packages, but I don't know how to fix
> it.
>
> The spew in terminal is here: http://www.pastebin.ca/851837
>
> I am going to install on FC7 and use a trunk build, and hope for the best.
>
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