I got this working using Frank Crawford's boel_binaries.tar.gz, initrd.img, and kernel. (Jason Hlady was kind enough to pass them along, thanks)
I've read documentation at systemimager.org and I can't find anything describing how to modify these files to make them work with other hardware platforms. I know what the files are, but is there a process to follow when modifying/creating them? The initrd.img has something different than the initrd.img that's created by mkintrd -v on the same hardware. I don't know if there is anything special about the kernel. Boel_binaries.tar.gz appears to be a subset of the modules, binaries, and libs. Were they manually tar/zipped by someone or is there a utility for grouping them or is there a repository some place where updated ones are placed?
Sorry…I'm kind of spewing off here, but I really want to understand how this works better.
Thanks,
John
-----Original Message-----
From: OSCAR
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 10:46 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: PXE Boot PowerEdge 1750 with tg3
I am trying to load a cluster of 1750s and running into problemd with the PXE boot. From the posts I've read I need a new kernel, initrd, and boel_binaries. Can anyone point me to instructions for how these are made up to work with different hardware platforms?
The current situation is that I've copied the initrd and kernel from my headnode to the /tftpboot directory and am using the original boel_binaries.tar.gz file. I get a kernel panic on the nodes when they boot because they can't find the hard drive. I presume this is due to the fact that I have a raid controller in my headnode, but not in the compute nodes. Hence the image is pointing to a boot device that doesn't exist.
