Hi there, Sorry I forgot to mention that for some reason even though there is a boel_binaries.tar.gz within the files that you downloaded, the boot disk still tells the machine to use the boel_binaries.tar.gz from the 'standard' flavour.
To sort this you need to replace the file boel_binaries.tar.gz within the directory: /usr/share/systemimager/boot/i386/standard/ with the boel_binaries.tar.gz file which you have downloaded. This should fix the problem I think. Hope those instructions make sense, let me know if not. Rich ----------------------------- Richard Bruin PhD Student Department of Earth Sciences University of Cambridge > Hi Rich, > > I downloaded the kernel and image files from the link below and used them to > replace kernel and imigerd.img files in /tftpboot directory. BTW, I do not > have Systemimager installed on my machine, I have only latest version of > OSCAR. Ok..., after replacing those files the node boots, recognizes both > ethernet cards (e1000), gets an IP from the DHCP server,... and fails during > executing command get_boel_binaries_tarball. It says > > rsybc -av server::boot/i386 ..... > failed to connect to 192.168.5.2: Connection refused > > By default Redhat does not use rsh anymore, only ssh. So, I guess the problem > is that the node simply can not get necessary files using rync since it > supposed to use ssh instead. > > Pavel. > > >===== Original Message From Richard Bruin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== > >Hi again, > > > >Here's a message I posted previously which has helped to get the intel > >e1000 cards working: > > > >http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=7530696 > > > >note though that the url listed within that message seems to have been > >cropped by the list software and should actually read: > > > >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg00350.html > > > >I hope that helps, let me know if you need any more help. Hopefully > >these instructions should work ok for you though. > > > >Rich > > > >-------------------------- > >Richard Bruin > >PhD Student > >Department of Earth Sciences > >University of Cambridge > >Cambridge > > > > > >On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 16:00, Pavel A. Petukhov wrote: > >> Hi Rich, > >> > >> Yes, I am using standard boot disk flavour and yes I would like to try your > >> link. I did not try to test anything else yet except for this link > >> http://www.revolutionlinux.com/downloads/OSCAR/Supermicro-P4SC8=P4SCi-en/ > >> > >> The problem with the link above is that those kernel and initrd.img are for > >> Mandrake. The remedy in this link works fine, the node boots, gets the > >> boot image from TFTP, gets to DHCP server, gets IP, boots, formats the > >> drive but fails to boot from the harddrive afterwards. This is something > >> that I expected since the kernel and initrd.img are for Mandrake. At least > >> I know that the problem CAN be solved. So, now I have a choice either to > >> continue to try with RedHat or to switch to Mandrake. I still have a couple > >> of potential solutions suggested in the link below that I am going to try > today > >> > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=4831598&forum_id=1364 > >> > >> Pavel. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 3:50 AM > >> To: Pavel A. Petukhov > >> Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] RE: DHCP Client failures after PXE Boot > >> > >> > >> Hi Pavel, > >> > >> Just a quick question here that might help with the installation > >> problem... Are you still using the standard boot disk flavour? If so, I > >> can send a link to a site which provides another flavour which I have > >> used in the past to get the e1000 network cards working. > >> > >> Hope this can help, just let me know if you haven't tried this yet, > >> > >> thanks > >> > >> Rich > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> Richard Bruin > >> > >> PhD Student > >> Department of Earth Sciences > >> University of Cambridge > >> Cambridge > >> UK > >> > >> > We have exactly the same problem as Chad Dupuis. RedHat9.0 does not > >> > recognize IntelGigabit ethernet cards (e1000) in our Supermicro 3.06 > >> > Dual Xeon servers unless e1000-5.2.52 driver is installed. We can > >> > install new e1000 driver on the master node and bring up the network > >> > cards but we can not do the same trick with the computational nodes > >> > since OSCAR does not generate an image that has the correct e1000 > >> > driver built-in. As in Chad's case, the nodes PXE boot, then they get > >> > the boot image from TFTP server, and then try either to get DHCP > >> > address or to assign static ip and fail because there is simply no > >> > eth0 or eth1 interface. Exactly the same happens if we generate a boot > >> > disk instead of PXE boot. > >> > > >> > Can anybody suggest how to generate a RedHat9.0 boot image with the > >> > correct updated e1000 driver that can be used by OSCAR or how to force > >> > OSCAR to use the correct e1000 driver ? > >> > > >> > Pavel Petukhov > >> > University of Illinois at Chicago > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------------------------------- > >> > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. > >> > >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one > >> > installation-authoring solution that does it all. 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