Hi Lorenzo:
Did you enable multi-cast? It could be a bit tricky to get running.
Try to disable it and give it another shot.
To disable it, go to the 'Setup Networking' window.
Cheers,
Bernard
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
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> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 3:13
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: RE: [Oscar-users] Problem in download the image
> from the master node
>
>
> 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
> >
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