If you use the up2date setup wizard, there is an option (not selected by default) that makes it save all the files that it uses. If you make this directory /tftpboot/rpm you can use the gui and update the files automagically and still ought to keep Oscar from freaking out. I believe this changes the default behavior of the commandline up2date as well, but I have not verified that.
On 8/13/05, Bernard Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Richard: > > OSCAR 4.1 should work with RHEL3u5, if that is not the case, please let us > know. It will for sure work with our next release (OSCAR 4.2) which will be > out soon. > > As far as the headnode is concerned, there should be no problem using > up2date to update to Update 5 - the tricky part is to get the RPMs and then > copy them to /tftpboot/rpm. > > I believe up2date has an option of just downloading the RPMs (-d I think), > they will then be downloaded to /var/spool/up2date. So perhaps what you can > do is update your current RHEL3 to Update 5 by using the -d flag, run rpm > -Uvh on all the downloaded RPMs, copy them to /tftpboot/rpm, and install > OSCAR. > > You can also consider grabbing the RHEL3u5 ISOs and re-installing your > system. > > P.S. Update 4 should also be supported, just make sure that you are using > the redhat-3as-i386.rpmlist. As far as I know we just do not support gold > (first release, no updates). > > Cheers, > > Bernard > > ________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > Richard Fairfield > Sent: Wed 10/08/2005 10:32 > To: [email protected] > Cc: Richard Fairfield > Subject: [Oscar-users] RHEL 3 updates and OSCAR 4.1 > > > > > > Hello: > > We are in the process of setting up our first cluster, using OSCAR 4.1 > and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. > > The OSCAR installation manual says that only Updates 2 and 3 of RHEL 3 > are supported, not Update 4. But, using the "up2date" service, we are > currently getting Update 5 on our other RHEL 3 systems. > > As we understand the process, we need to have updated the "head" node > to the Update level we want to run, and populated the /tftpboot/rpm/ > directory with the RPM files from that Update level, before proceeding > with the installation of client nodes. But, so far, we've been unable > to find a way to obtain a specific Update version, such as Update 3, > or even a definition of exactly what RPM packages comprise a particular > Update version. > > Can anyone help us with this problem? > > [ Please cc any respones to my email address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). > Because, until tomorrow, I think that I'll only be getting the daily > mailing list archive ] > > Thank you, > Richard Fairfield > Math Sciences Computing Center > University of Washington > My Office Telephone Number: 206-685-2303 > MSCC Departmental Telephone Number: 206-616-3636 > Fax: 206-685-7419 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users
