Good to hear you are making progress. On 1/24/07, Greenseid, Joseph M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This was kind of silly. > > I compared the info of 2 files -- a random one that worked (at), and a broken > one that didn't (iser): > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rpm]# file at-3.1.8-80_EL4.ia64.rpm > at-3.1.8-80_EL4.ia64.rpm: RPM v3 bin IA64 at-3.1.8-80_EL4 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rpm]# file iser-1.0-899--2.6.9-42.0.2.EL-ia64.rpm > iser-1.0-899--2.6.9-42.0.2.EL-ia64.rpm: RPM v3 bin IA64 iser-1.0-899 > > So "file" reported at's "name" (for lack of a better word) as > "at-3.1.8-80_EL4" -- basically, everything it found up to the .ia64.rpm part. > But iser was reporting only a fraction that file name. The package builder > gives it a lot of extra info that gets dropped somehow. I renamed > "iser-1.0-899--2.6.9-42.0.2.EL-ia64.rpm" to "iser-1.0-899.ia64.rpm," did the > same for linux-iscsi (dropped a big section of its name which didn't get > reported in `file`), and it worked. > > --Joe > > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Greenseid, Joseph M. > Sent: Wed 1/24/2007 2:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] client image build fails > > > > The "hack" of creating > /var/lib/systemimager/images/{image_name}/var/lock/rpm/ before building the > image worked (as sited here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg05938.html). > My default package list image is currently building. Assuming success, I > will return to my efforts to figure out why it claims to not find 2 of the > packages I have added to the list. > > Thanks, > --Joe > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Greenseid, Joseph M. > Sent: Wed 1/24/2007 1:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] client image build fails > > > > Using a the sample rhel 4 for ia64 package list got past the step that was > bailing on me, and then I ran into the RPM lock issue. Apparently an upgrade > of RPM is necessary, based on the list archives, so I will try to do that and > try again. > > --Joe > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Greenseid, Joseph M. > Sent: Wed 1/24/2007 1:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] client image build fails > > > > Hi Michael, > > I saw those docs when I was reading, and made sure that I installed the > ia32el package on the head node, and that it is present in /tftpboot/rpm. I > had the same thought about trying to build an image without my extra > packages, and am off to try that now. > > Thanks, > --Joe > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Michael Edwards > Sent: Wed 1/24/2007 1:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] client image build fails > > > > ...not having the ia32el package present causes problems with building > images... > > On 1/24/07, Michael Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not sure if you did this already, but there are some release notes (in > > the docs dir, or online at > > http://svn.oscar.openclustergroup.org/wiki/oscar:4.2.1:install_guide:chapter_3) > > which apply to 4.2.1 on ia64 and CentOS 4. I am not sure what the > > error message for this problem looks like but it does mention that not > > having the ia32el package present. I am guessing this is not the > > problem, but it is worth a try. > > > > This is probably a time intensive question, but does the image build > > succeed if you don't include the extra rpms on the rpm list? > > > > I'll try and find the rpmlist pieces in the code, but I am not realy > > familiar with it so I may not have much luck. Most of the core > > developers are in Oak Ridge talking about the next release cycle, > > including the folks who wrote this part I think. > > > > On 1/24/07, Greenseid, Joseph M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ok, that provided some more useful information. Unfortunately, it adds > > > new questions. > > > > > > In order to simplify my first attempt, I took the rhel4 for ia64 rpmlist, > > > and added 3 rpms to it, otherwise leaving it exactly. Of the 3 rpms I > > > added to the list (all of which I put in /tftpboot/rpm), it seems to see > > > one of them fine, but can't find the other two(?) -- here are the last 6 > > > lines of the RPM check: > > > > > > <== OK zlib /tftpboot/rpm/zlib-1.2.1.2-1.2.ia64.rpm > > > <== OK zlib-devel /tftpboot/rpm/zlib-devel-1.2.1.2-1.2.ia64.rpm > > > <== NG iser Providing RPM not found > > > <== NG linux-iscsi Providing RPM not found > > > <== t=4s > > > <== $? 1 > > > > > > iser and linux-iscsi both definitely exist in /tftpboot/rpm: > > > > > > /tftpboot/rpm/iser-1.0-899--2.6.9-42.0.2.EL-ia64.rpm > > > /tftpboot/rpm/linux-iscsi-4.2-899--2.6.9-42.0.2.EL-ia64.rpm > > > > > > I didn't know if the double dashes were what was confusing it, so I > > > copied each of them to the same name, but with 1 dash in that place > > > instead of 2 (ex: /tftpboot/rpm/iser-1.0-899-2.6.9-42.0.2.EL-ia64.rpm), > > > but that didn't help, it still gave the same error. I also tried to put > > > the name "iser-1.0.899" and "linux-iscsi-4.2-899" in the rpmlist file, in > > > case it was reading that as part of the rpm name and not version, but > > > that didn't work either. > > > > > > Not sure what this wants from me... > > > > > > --Joe > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Michael Edwards > > > Sent: Wed 1/24/2007 12:44 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] client image build fails > > > > > > > > > > > > Ah, I remember now, this from our FAQ here > > > http://oscar.openclustergroup.org/faq.installation.update-rpms: > > > > > > "With OSCAR 4.x, during Step 4, you might get output similiar to the > > > following: > > > > > > 1: 2006-5-18 0:5:35 [SystemInstaller::Package :: Line 77] Expected > > > lines of output: 497 > > > 2: 2006-5-18 0:5:35 [SystemInstaller::Package :: Line 79] Finding > > > package install files. > > > 3: 2006-5-18 0:5:35 [SystemInstaller::Package :: Line 180] Finding > > > files with module SystemInstaller::Package::UpdateRpms > > > ERROR: The following RPMs cannot be installed: > > > > > > > > > at /usr/lib/systeminstaller/SystemInstaller/Package.pm line 181 > > > Failed to find files for all packages. at /usr/bin/mksiimage line 184 > > > FATAL: Can't remove /var/lib/systemimager/scripts/oscarimage.master! > > > Package install failed > > > > > > To be able to see what RPMs failed to install, enable debugging for > > > update-rpms by doing the following: > > > > > > # export DEBUG_UPDATE_RPMS=y > > > > > > and re-start OSCAR Wizard and Step 4. Now the RPMs that failed to > > > install will be listed." > > > > > > Its not exactly your error, but I think that the "fix" is worth a try. > > > > > > On 1/24/07, Greenseid, Joseph M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The output was exactly the same, after quitting the installer, setting > > > > the OSCAR_VERBOSE environment variable, and re-starting the installer. > > > > > > > > I sent the error message to a friend who has experience with Itanium2 > > > > clusters, and he said that he had seen this before, that it was a > > > > missing RPM -- it's either an RPM that's missing, or a dependency that > > > > is missing, but that there is a bug in 4.2.1 that means it won't tell > > > > you what RPM the check found missing. That sort of makes sense, as I > > > > was wondering why this got printed: "ERROR: The following RPMs cannot > > > > be installed:" but that the line after it was blank. > > > > > > > > Is this something that has been seen or reported by others? I took the > > > > RHEL4 for ia64 rpmlist and edited that to make my list, but at this > > > > point, if this is truly what's wrong, I guess I'll have to go check > > > > each RPM in the list by hand to make sure it's present and that all its > > > > dependencies are met. That seems rather tedious... > > > > > > > > --Joe > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Michael Edwards > > > > Sent: Wed 1/24/2007 11:46 AM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] client image build fails > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You might try typing "export OSCAR_VERBOSE=3" and re-running > > > > install_cluster. That might give us some more information. > > > > > > > > On 1/24/07, Greenseid, Joseph M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Ok, first my system: ia64 (dual 1.6 GHz Itanium2 procs), 4 GB RAM, > > > > > running CentOS 4.4, using OSCAR 4.2.1. Plenty of disk space on all > > > > > affected partitions -- /var has 1.8GB free, /var/lib/systemimager > > > > > (separate partition) has 9.7GB free, / has 1.8 GB free. > > > > > > > > > > I searched the list archives, but the closest I came to this problem > > > > > was when people were running into an issue with RPM, which appears to > > > > > be indicated by a message saying "error: can't create transaction > > > > > lock." However, I am not seeing the transaction lock message. > > > > > > > > > > Here is the output of the terminal when I attempt to build a client > > > > > image (client image named "hurricane-test"): > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1: 2007-0-24 11:5:25 [SystemInstaller::Package :: Line 77] Expected > > > > > lines of output: 461 > > > > > 2: 2007-0-24 11:5:25 [SystemInstaller::Package :: Line 79] Finding > > > > > package install files. > > > > > 3: 2007-0-24 11:5:25 [SystemInstaller::Package :: Line 180] Finding > > > > > files with module SystemInstaller::Package::UpdateRpms > > > > > ERROR: The following RPMs cannot be installed: > > > > > > > > > > at /usr/lib/systeminstaller/SystemInstaller/Package.pm line 181 > > > > > Failed to find files for all packages. at /usr/bin/mksiimage line 184 > > > > > 4: 2007-0-24 11:5:29 [main :: Line 185] Unmounting /proc. > > > > > 5: 2007-0-24 11:5:29 [SystemInstaller::Image :: Line 68] si_rmimage > > > > > hurricane-testFATAL: Can't remove > > > > > /var/lib/systemimager/scripts/hurricane-test.master! > > > > > Package install failed > > > > > at /usr/bin/mksiimage line 190 > > > > > at /usr/bin/mksiimage line 191 > > > > > Built image from rpms > > > > > Image hurricane-test does not exist > > > > > at /usr/bin/mksidisk line 85 > > > > > Couldn't run command mksidisk -A --name hurricane-test --file > > > > > /opt/oscar/oscarsamples/scsi.ia64.disk at > > > > > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/ia64-linux-thread-multi/Tk.pm line > > > > > 247 > > > > > Use of uninitialized value in hash element at > > > > > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/ia64-linux-thread-multi/Tk/Trace.pm > > > > > line 181. > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > --Joe > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Take Surveys. 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