Check the mkautoinstalldiskette man page. There are options to specify alternate kernels and ramdisks.
Mike On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 00:28, Daria Roszkowski wrote: > > Hello, > We have a few old PCs ( PentiumI's and Celerons) which I was trying to > install Oscar on. The server is running Red Hat 7.3. > The server as well as the clients all have 3Com Etherlink III network > cards ( ISA). > We have exactly the same problem as the one described below. When > network booting clients, the clients seem not to detect their own > network cards and broadcast only on loopback interface. > The support for 3Com cards is added in > /usr/share/systemimager/i386-boot/config-standard-2.1.3oscar > from the start. > Now we recompiled the kernel, but I am not quite clear on > what you meant by it. > My understanding is that when the autoinstall diskette is created > the kernel and initrd files that are used to create it are: > /usr/share/systemimager/i386-boot/kernel-2.1.3oscar > and > /usr/share/systemimager/i386-boot/initrd-2.1.3oscar > > How can I create a new version of kernel-2.1.3oscar ? > Recompiling the kernel and stripping it to fit onto > autoinstall floppy is probably not the best idea. > > I would really appreciate some advice on what to do. > Thanks, > Daria > > On 15 Aug 2002, Michael Chase-Salerno wrote: > > > It looks like another case of the kernel shipped with OSCAR not > > supporting your network card. Its the same in either case because both > > PXE and floppy boot both end up running the same kernel, its just a > > matter of how they get it. Did you try the other kernel from the FAQ > > item that I believe Jason pointed out? That may work for you. If not, > > you can build a kernel that has your support compiled in. Since you are > > PXE booting, you don't have to be concerned with fitting it on a floppy, > > so you should just be able to take the .config file from SystemImager > > (/usr/share/systemimager/i386-boot/config-standard-2.1.3oscar) and add > > your support in. Then build a new kernel and replace the one in > > /tftpboot with it. You could also try the standard RedHat kernel from > > the server, but I'm not sure if that would work or not, but it would be > > quick to try. > > > > Its normal for the client to attempt to broadcast over lo0, the problem > > is that its not trying eth0 also because it doesn't recognize the card. > > > > The ip_assignment method is really up to you, I'd avoid static_dhcp as > > it does some things that aren't what you might normally expect. So > > either use dynamic_dhcp if you want the clients to get their IPs from > > the server or static if you just want them set at install time. > > > > Mike > > > > On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 10:03, Bruce Becker wrote: > > > Hi guys > > > > > > So, we have OSCAR-1.3 on Linux RedHat-7.2, with D-LINK DFE-550TX NIC's > > > which are PXE-2.0 compatible and a CHRONOS switching hub and we are trying > > > to build a cluster. All steps up to and including step 4 go off without a > > > hitch. We have as of now NOT been able to network boot our clients, however ! > > > > > > I think I have tried everything - network booting using PXE does not work > > > and network booting with a floppy has given us the same error as the > > > former method. RH-7.2 DOES support our cards. We are now very stuck as to > > > what to do, since I think we have exhausted all options and are obviously > > > missing something. > > > > > > Included is our previously posted message (see below). What confuses me is > > > that when it is booting, the machine seems to be listening for the DHCP > > > broadcast on the loopback device lo, instead of the NIC, eth0. Surely this > > > is not right ? Or is it ? If not, how can we change it ? > > > > > > When we build the image, is it correct to select the dynamic_dhcp option > > > as our IP assignment method, or should we choose static_dhcp, or static ? > > > At the moment, we have a standalone toy cluster of 2 clients and a > > > server... > > > > > > We are getting quite desperate at this stage, so any insight would be > > > greatly appreciated > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Hi Mike, thanks for answering so soon. I read your mail and decided to > > > ./start_over > > > > > > Now, we get the same error, but let me be more explicit. > > > Again, we are using RedHat-7.2 and OSCAR-1.3 > > > We have PXE-compatible cards and we are using PXE to boot the clients. PXE > > > works fine, I think, since we get the PXE menu option and Linux's kudzu > > > had no problem identitying the cards. So, I am assuming now that the > > > problem is not hardware-based. > > > > > > Let me tell you what we did. > > > After ./start_over, we once again followed the step-by-step instruction > > > manual. > > > > > > Step 1 went off without a hitch. > > > Step 2 (build SIS image) : I chose the standard rpmlist and partition > > > files and set the IP assignment method to dynamic DHCP, asking the > > > machines to shutdown after install. that all worked fine > > > Step 3 : we have at present two nodes, so they were defined as > > > oscarnode1.cluster and oscarnode2.cluster and given IP adresses of > > > 192.168.1.2 and 191.168.1.3, because the server is 192.168.1.1. No errors > > > were reported > > > Step 4 : MAC adresses were seen, collected and assigned to nodes, no > > > problems. After collecting MAC adresses, we configured the DHCP server (ok) and >then > > > rebooted > > > > > > Now, is where the problems started > > > > > > When the clients were booted, they correctly booted from the NIC (because > > > all other options were turned off in the BIOS) and saw a kernel and then > > > looked like they were happily booting. The first wierd thing they did > > > was try to look for a .cfg file in /floppy (even though we have no > > > floppy drives). Then, they stared listening on the loopback device and > > > (obviously ?) didn't hear anything. Then, another thing I thought wasn't > > > right was that it had the wrong netmask (I told it 255.255.255.0) - we got > > > this message: > > > ================================================ > > > DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 > > > interval 8 (and some other intervals) > > > NO DHCPOFFERS RECEIVED > > > No working leases in persistent database > > > I couldn't configure the network interface using DHCP > > > Your auto-install has failed > > > =============================================== > > > > > > When we rebooted the machines, there was nothing installed, which was not > > > a surprise. So, we could not proceed to step 5. > > > > > > What have I left out here ? > > > thanks in advance, > > > > > > -- > > > Bruce Becker, PhD student - Department of Physics > > > University of Cape Town > > > > > > Room 405, R.W. 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