Thanks for the reply - I am quite new both at OSCAR and Linux, so I'm a bit lost when you talk about kernel files and such. But I can see that the initrd.img has to have the rigth drivers for the ethernet card.
I tried to use the kernel/initrd combo at: http://sponge.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~jenos/2650/, which was proposed by Jeremy, but got the same result as you: Kernel Panic! (What the h... is that?) I don't know where to go now - maybe the files you have are worth a try > What distribution of linux (Mandrake 9.0, Redhat 9, etc.) are you using? I'm using RedHat 9 > What's the hardware that you're using? Asrock K7S8X motherboard with onboard 10/100 ethernet, XP2500, Maxtor IDE drives, DDR Ram. Regards Rolf Hansen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Hlady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rolf Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] System imager problems > Hi Rolf, > > What distribution of linux (Mandrake 9.0, Redhat 9, etc.) are you using? I'm using RedHat 9 > What's the hardware that you're using? Asrock motherboard with onboard ethernet, XP2500, Maxtor IDE drives, DDR Ram. > The problem that you're having is > likely that the kernel that the SIS suite uses to temporarily boot into and > then copy over the images onto your hard drives does not have the right > drivers in it for your network cards. > > I eventually ended up using Redhat 9. The key to the whole operation was to > find the correct system imaging kernel. The SIS suite uses a kernel, > initrd.img, and boel_binaries.gz file that's found in > /usr/share/systemimager/boot/i386/standard. I got these files from Frank > Crawford, because he has the same hardware as me (Dell PowerEdge 1750 > servers). I could supply you with these files too if they'd help, but they > might just be hardware specific (i.e. only fix the problems people are > having on the Dell Poweredge machines). > > Let me know what distribution you are using and what hardware you're using > and I'll try and be of help. Also, try copying this stuff to the > oscar-users list. Those are the guys that got me going. > > Jason > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rolf Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Jason Hlady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 2:51 AM > Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] System imager problems > > > > Hello Jason > > > > I am a new user and have the same problem (DHCP) > > > > I've read some of the follow-up mails on your problem, but is unable to > > figure out what you have done to fix it ! > > > > Can you help me ? - How did you resolve the problem ? > > > > Regards > > Rolf Hansen > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Rolf Hansen > > M. Sc. Chemical Engineering > > Aalborg University Esbjerg > > Niels Bohrs Vej 8 > > DK-6700 Esbjerg > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jason Hlady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 6:29 PM > > Subject: [Oscar-users] System imager problems > > > > > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > I've spent some time trying to get familiar with my problem before > > > posting here. > > > > > > I noticed that there are a few "System imager problems" posts already, > > > but when I was trying to look at the forum, I got some sort of SQL > > > error which resulted in Post not found. Hence, we must start from the > > > beginning. :-( > > > > > > I'm using the Mandrake 9.2 iso image distributed by Sherbrooke to image > > > my cluster of 32 dual-processor Dell PowerEdge 1750s (2.4 GHz Xeons.) > > > Mandrake 9.0 is not happy on this hardware because the 1U flatpanel > > > keyboard/mouse/monitor tray does not like XFree86 4.2; we spent quite a > > > while trying to get it to run on the monitor, and eventually ended up > > > upgrading it to 4.3, but this upgraded glibc among other things, and so > > > was a bit ugly, and I didn't really trust it. > > > > > > Installing from the Man 9.2 iso image went well. I went through the > > > standard OSCAR install using the wizard, and got to the imaging of the > > > nodes. After successfully building an image, I moved on to sending > > > that image out to the nodes. However, after associating the nodes with > > > MAC addresses, I needed to netboot the nodes so that they could have > > > their images blasted out to them. > > > > > > The problem: when I go to install the nodes, the client (I presume > > > this is the systeminstaller client) boots, but then times out on > > > DHCPDISCOVER, checking only loopback and not finding eth0 or eth1. > > > dhclient starts, and you get > > > > > > Listening on LPF/lo/<null> > > > Sending on LPF/lo/<null> > > > Sending on Socket/Fallback/fallback > > > DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 on port .. > > > DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 on port ... > > > DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 on port ... > > > DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 on port ... > > > DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 on port ... > > > No DHCPOFFERS received. > > > > > > The nodes netboot (using PXE) fine, as far as I can tell. To test > > > whether it was a PXE problem, I also made the boot floppy, and got the > > > same symptom. Ok, this sorta sounds like the NIC isn't being > > > recognized by the SIS kernel. Mandrake 9.2 autodetects the Gb NICs in > > > this beast to use "bcm5700" driver. > > > > > > I installed the source RPM for systeminstaller, and spent some time > > > mucking around trying to add patches and the like, and build a new SIS > > > kernel, but I ran into a bunch of problems. I thought I'd appeal to a > > > knowledge base first before trying to reinvent the wheel. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > -------------- > > > Jason Hlady, B. Sc., M. Sc. (Chem), Adv. Cert. (Comp. Sci.) > > > Programmer/Analyst (Bioinformatics Specialist) > > > U of Saskatchewan, Bioinformatics Research Laboratory (BIRL) > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (306) 966-2075 > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > > > Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it > > > help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help > > > YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Oscar-users mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. 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