Hi Bernard, thank you for your answer, new kernel I downloaded from FAQ solved the problem, now it recognize the master node, but later it apparently halts doing anything. Now the end part of messages is:
read_kernel_append_parameters ping_test Pinging your default gateway to ensure we have network connectivity. PING ATTEMPT 1: PING 192.168.65.65 (192.168.65.65): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.168.65.65: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.1 ms --- 192.168.65.65 ping statistics --- 1 packet transmitted, 1 packet received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 0.1/0.1/0.1 ms We have connectivity to your default gateway! start_syslogd Using multicast... get_flamethrower_directory flamethrower_client(flamethrower_directory) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- udp-receiver --interface eth0 --portbase 9000 ---nokbd --file /tmp/multicast.tar Udp-receiver 2004-05-31 UDP receiver for /tmp/multicast.tar at 192.168.65.67 on eth0 and then does nothing, if I press Enter it simply shifts one line. 192.168.65.65 is the master, and 192.168.65.67 is the node (number 002) I'm trying to download the image on. My motherboard (equal on master and nodes) is a GIGABYTE 8I915PDuo i915P 2CHDDR-II 4SATARaid PCI-E, the Gigabit ethernet card is integrated on, so I don't know exactly the name. Any idea? Thank you Lorenzo >Hi Lorenzo: > >What network adapter do you have in your node? Take a look at this FAQ item, >it >might help with your problem: >http://oscar.openclustergroup.org/faq.installation.sis-kernel > >Cheers, > >Bernard > >________________________________ > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 24/07/2005 1:11 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Oscar-users] Problem in download the image from the master node > >Hi, I have the following problem: I'm trying to build a linux cluster of 16 >processors (Pentium 4 530, 3.00 GHz). Each node has 2 Gb of RAM, 2 Hard Disks >SATA (120 Gb each one), 1 CD-ROM driver, no floppy and a Gigabit Network Card >integrated in the motherboard (master node also has a 100 Mbit ethernet card, >not integrated). I installed Fedora Core 3 on the master and I installed Oscar >4.1. Everything were OK until the phase of Network Setup, after the creation >of >the image of the operating system (I applied the patch for Fedora Core 3 that >I >found on the home page of the Oscar website, following the instruction). OSCAR >correctly collected MAC addresses of all the nodes; the problem is that when I >network boot the nodes, they download the kernel boel and it appears that it >can't receive other data from the master. Here there is the last part of the >messages it writes on the screen: > >Checking for floppy diskette. YOU MAY SEE SOME "wrong magic" ERRORS HERE, AND >THAT IS NORMAL > >end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 end_request: I/O error, >dev >02:00 (floppy), sector 0 >end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 >cramfs: wrong magic >end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 >end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 >end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 >FAT: unable to read boot sector >No floppy diskette in drive. > >read_kernel_append_parameters > >start_network IP Address not set with pre-boot settings. > >sleep 0: This is to give your switch (if you're using one) time to recognize >your ethernet card before we try the network. Tip: You can use <ctrl> + <c> to >pass the time (pun intended). > >dhclient Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client 2.0pl5 >Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium. >All rights reserved. > >Please contribute if you find this software useful. For info, please visit >http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contibut.html > >Listening on LPF/lo/<null> Sending on LPF/lo/<null> >DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 >DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 >DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 >DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 >DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20 >DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 2 >NO DHCPOFFERS received. >No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. > >I couldn't configure the network interface using DHCP. > >Killing off running processes write_variables ><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > This is the SystemImager autoinstall system > >Then there is the "Your autoinstall has failed" message and the prompt. From >the >prompt I saw that (apparently) there is no support for tg3 module of the >kernel >(or better, there are no modules at all), also because it seems to look for >DHCP >on loop ("DHCPDISCOVER on lo"). I tried to recompile the kernel and substitute >it in the tftpboot directory. I downloaded the SystemImager 3.4.1 source code >from sourceforge, I unzipped every tar.gz or .bz2 in the src directory and I >tried to recompile the kernel 2.4.25 in that directory after applied all the >patches, but the patches gave a lot of problems and building failed (I changed >in each .patch file every reference to directory in order to let them match >with >the actual path of the source, but it still doesn't find some file that, in >fact, doesn't exist). Anyway, I guess that tg3 support is native in boel, >because I checked the linux.i386.config file and tg3 is in. So, what is the >problem? I also tried to recompile the original kernel 2.4.25, but it gives >the >"unable to mount root fs on 01:00" error (that I found in the manual), so I >can't avoid to use patches in SystemImager /src directory (that don't work). >Could you suggest a solution? It is a problem of kernel boel that can't >recognize my ethernet card? Or something else, for example that "cramfs: wrong >magic" could indicate that there is some problem in mantaining the ram disk? >There is an alternative way to copy the image to the nodes? For example, >suppose >I boot the node (one a time, obviously) with a Knoppix release. If I copy the >image under oscarimage/ directory of the master on a USB device that I can >mount >under knoppix, it is possible to copy the image directly to the hard drives? >How >exactly is it possible to copy an operating system image? I guess a simple >"cp" >is not sufficient neither from master hard disk to USB and from USB to node >hard >disk. If this is possible, this "simple" copy would create the entire >filesystem >(that is, partitions, NFS home directory, etc...)? Thanks >Lorenzo > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Visita >http://domini.interfree.it, il sito di Interfree dove trovare >soluzioni semplici e complete che soddisfano le tue esigenze in Internet, >ecco due esempi di offerte: > >- Registrazione Dominio: un dominio con 1 MB di spazio disco + 2 caselle >email a soli 18,59 euro >- MioDominio: un dominio con 20 MB di spazio disco + 5 caselle email > a soli 51,13 euro > >Vieni a trovarci! > >Lo Staff di Interfree >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is >sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies >from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, >informative Webcasts and more! 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