Thanks for the tips! I ended up just changing the links for 'kernel' and 'initrd' in the /tftpboot directory to point to the 32bit ones. I did this prior to reading your response, but it seems to work.
I have another problem though, and I noticed several threads regarding it: My hard disk is not being recognized by SystemImager. I read through several of the threads in the archives, but I still haven't been able to get the hard disk recognized. The drive is IDE: Samsung SP0802N The ATA controller is: Promise PDC20277 I tried editing the image master script at line 96 echo Calling modprobe sata-promise insmod scsi_mod.ko insmod libata.ko insmod sata_promise.ko modprobe sata_promise Below is the error dialog, it shows that those modules are loaded, but still it does not recognize the device. The specific error is: get_arch Calling modprobe sata-promise insmod: cannot insert `/lib/modules/2.6.18-boel_v3.7.5/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko': File exists (-1): File exists enumerate_disks DISKS=0 NO DISK DEVICE FILES WERE FOUND. THIS USUALLY MEANS THE KERNEL DID NOT RECOGNIZE ANY OF THE ATTACHED DISKS. The kernel boot messages, which preceded this, may indicate why. Reverting to disk configuration specified by image master script. Partitioning /dev/hde... Old partition table for /dev/hde: Error: Could not stat device /dev/hde - No such file or directory. dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hde bs=512 count=1 || shellout 1+0 records in 1+0 records out blockdev --rereadpt /dev/hde BLKRRPART: Inappropriate ioctl for device parted -s -- /dev/hde mklabel msdos || shellout Creating partition /dev/hde1. parted -s -- /dev/hde mkpart primary 0 100 || shellout Error: The location 100 is outside of the device /dev/hde. Killing off running processes. Any suggestions? One of my plans was to just revert to OSCAR 4.2, but does 4.2 support mixed architecture clusters? Thanks for any advice, James > > From: Erich Focht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/01/22 Mon AM 10:55:09 EST > To: oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] Installation Problem > > Hi James, > > your boot kernel and initrd are 64 bit, but should be 32 bit. > > We're just having another thread on this in the same mailing list. Here's a > quote from it which might help you. > > : For installing the xeons you'll need to do some tricks. > : - copy /usr/share/systemimager/boot/i386/standard/kernel > : to /tftpboot/kernel-install-i386 > : - copy /usr/share/systemimager/boot/i386/standard/initrd.img > : to /tftpboot/initrd-install-i386.img > : - copy /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default to /tftpboot/install-i386.pxe > : - edit the file /tftpboot/install-i386.pxe to point to the > kernel-install-i386 > : and initrd-install-i386.img which you prepared in the previous steps. > : - set up /etc/netbootmgr.conf, get the install-i386.pxe file integrated. > : - start netbootmgr and switch the next boot action to install-i386 > : - boot and watch the xeon nodes... > > Hope it helps... > > regards > Erich > > On Monday 22 January 2007 16:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Greetings all, > > > > I am trying to install OSCAR on a 64bit server, and my client nodes will be > > 32bit. > > When I network boot my client gives an error: > > "Your CPU does not support long mode. Use a 32bit" > > > > In the 'define oscar clients': > > 1) I specified rhel-4-i386 rpmlist > > 2) The distros I have on my server are CentOS4: both i386 and x86_64. They > > are each in their respective /tftpboot/distro/ folders. > > 3) From the drop down I selected 'centos-4-i386' > > > > And then I built the image. > > > > Am I doing something wrong to create a 32bit client from a 64bit server? > > > > I can post the OSCAR logs if need, but I feel I may just be doing > > something obviously wrong ( I have installed OSCAR 5 before, but only on > > hardware where the server was the same architecture as the clients ) > > > > Thanks for any help, > > James > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users
