You could also try etherboot (http://etherboot.sourceforge.net/) and see if you can get it to work with your network card. I have no idea how well it works with high end GigE cards though, I have only used it with older computers who's bios didn't support PXE at all. The idea is that you compile the program and use it to make a boot floppy. That boot floppy PXE boots your network card without using the BIOS directly.
I think the list of supported cards is probably bigger for systemimager since their audience is more interested in gigE, but this might be another option. On 4/14/06, Bernard Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Chris: > > You have a few options: > > 1. Try the kernel from Peter Mueller: > http://world.anarchy.com/~peter/systemimager/. Hopefully > it has built-in support for your gigabit interface (copy that to /tftpboot). > 2. Upgrade the SystemImager version to 3.6.3 - this is an unofficial release > though, but has worked well for others: > http://www.bcgsc.ca/downloads/oscar/systemimager/. You'll > need to rebuild a new image with the new SystemImager installed > 3. Use the experimental feature of 3.6.3 - (Use Your Own Kernel) UYOK. > Provided that your headnode has the same hardware (i.e. the gigabit > interface) as your compute nodes, you can run the following to generate a > kernel/initrd.img pair which will allow you to netbook boot your compute > nodes: > > # si_prepareclient --server <servername> --norsyncd > > Then copy the kernel/initrd.img file from /etc/systemimager/boot/ to > /tftpboot, then you should be good to go. You'll also need to up the > ramdisk_size in /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default's APPEND > line, just add the following: > > ramdisk_size=80000 > > Oh, and make sure that you have this RPM installed as well, as it is needed > to generate initrd.img - > http://www.bcgsc.ca/downloads/oscar/systemimager/systemimager-x86_64initrd_template-3.6.3-1.noarch.rpm. > > Sounds like a lot of work yes, but hopefully one of the options will work. > Things will be much more easy with the release of OSCAR 5.0. > > BTW, Fernando just checked in baseline support for Mandriva Linux 2006 x86 > into trunk, so you should be able to get it working with x86_64 by simply > rebuilding a bunch of RPMs and modifying a few files - if you have > questions, please email Fernando and cc: oscar-devel on that. > > Thanks! > > Bernard > > ________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > Pawela, Christopher > Sent: Fri 14/04/2006 12:30 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Oscar-users] Oscar 4.2 and Marvell Lan > > > > > Hello, > > I am trying to get a cluster of Intel Xeons / Redhat ES 4.0 / Oscar 4.2 > working. The PXE boot does not work with the systemimager kernel in > tftpboot. Is there anywhere I can find a kernel to work with this Marvell > Gigabit Yukon PXE boot. I would have searched the mailing list because I > think this question has been answered before but I can get the search > feature to work on sourceforge. > > My next project is to test the current sourcetree with mandriva x86_64. > > Thank you, > > Christopher Pawela > Biophysics Department > Medical College of Wisconsin > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=k&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 > > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users
