That can depend a bit on your hardware, but generally it is an option in the BIOS under something like "boot order". Sometimes the network card names are not very obvious.
If you are having trouble getting the MAC addresses via a network boot you can just put them in a text file (one per line) and load that file into OSCAR by hand (there is a button on the Network setup window, something like "Load MAC from file"). The MAC address is often written on a sticker on the network card itself and often you can find it in the BIOS. If the cards are very old, they may not have the option to network boot and the BIOS will probably not support it. You could also try making a boot floppy with etherboot, especially if the cards are very old and don't support PXE. Sorry I can't be more helpful, how to do these things varries a great deal with different hardware. On 3/16/07, Pravab J. Rana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I network boot the clients? I tried just rebooting the clients nodes > manually and I could get 5 MAC addresses out of 8. > > > On 3/16/07, Michael Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Generally the easiest way to get the MAC addresses from the client > > nodes is to network boot them. This sends out a DHCP request which > > the head node can hear (if you have pressed "Collect MAC Addresses" > > button) and get the MAC address of that client node from. Then once > > the MAC addresses have been assigned to a client node and either the > > "Setup Network Boot" or the "Make Boot CD" button have been pressed, > > the nodes will image when network booted. Otherwise, if someone put > > their computer on the network and network booted it would try to pull > > it into the cluster, which might not be desirable. > > > > Hope this makes the process clearer. > > > > On 3/16/07, Pravab J. Rana < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Thanks for the information. I have installed Oscar 5 on the head node. > I > > > have one more problem that I am facing while collecting the MAC address > of > > > the clients. When I move to step 6 to Setup Networking and collect > Client > > > MAC's I am only able to collect the MAC addresses of two of my client > nodes. > > > The install manual says "press the <Collect MAC Address> button and then > > > network boot the first client." Are we supposed to network boot the > clients > > > too for collecting MAC address. If yes how can I do it. I did read the > > > manual about PXE and Building AutoInstall CD but I thought they were for > > > getting the image from the headnode. Do I need to network boot the > clients > > > to get MAC addresses too. > > > > > > Thanks once again > > > > > > > > > On 3/10/07, DongInn Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Pravab, > > > > > > > > Can you double check to see if caching-nameserver is in your distro > > > > repo(e.g., /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-ws-4-i386)? > > > > I think it should be there. My RHEL4-AS machine has it though. > > > > If you can not find in your distro repo, we can still find one on the > > > > web and then download it, right? > > > > > > > > http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/1824527/com/caching-nameserver-7.3-3.noarch.rpm.html > > > > (Note, you need to find a "bind" rpm compatible with your distro as > well.) > > > > > > > > BTW, did you check to select the "Networking" package at step 1 > "Select > > > > OSCAR Packages To Install..."? Since OSCAR does not select it by > > > > default, caching-nameserver rpm should not be picked up unless you > > > selected. > > > > If so, can I ask you why you needed to choose it? > > > > > > > > Just in order to help my understanding, I copy the basic info from > > > > caching-nameserver-7.3-3.noarch.rpm on my AS. > > > > "The caching-nameserver package includes the configuration files that > > > > will make BIND, the DNS name server, act as a simple caching > > > > nameserver. Many users on dialup connections use this package along > > > > with BIND for this purpose." > > > > > > > > If you want to just avoid this problem and don't want to install the > > > > "Networking" package, try to uncheck the "Networking" package at step > 1 > > > > and then try step 3 again. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > - DongInn > > > > > > > > Pravab J. Rana wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I think I did do the export OSCAR_VERBOSE=5. I have attached the > > > > > logfile so that you can have a look. I could install the non core > > > > > packages but there was some error. > > > > > I was told it was related to DNS setup but I could not find a > suitable > > > > > caching-nameserver package for the version of linux I am using RHEL > > > > > version 4 for 32 bit systems. > > > > > Also my concern for version 4.2 and 4.2.1 found on sourceForgenet > was > > > > > that 4.2 stands at around 275MB where as 4.2.1 is only just about > 29MB > > > > > thats why I wanted to confirm. > > > > > Any help with oscar5.0 installation would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 3/8/07, *DongInn Kim* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > No, I will be surprised if oscar5.0 installation does not work > > > > > well with > > > > > WS because the packages built for AS should work fine with WS > too. > > > > > > > > > > Anyways, the oscarinstall.log file is from 4.2[.1] or 5.0? I > highly > > > > > recommend you to try to use oscar 5.0 unless you have any > particular > > > > > reason to use 4.2[.1]. > > > > > > > > > > If you want to do with oscar 5.0 again, please try to do "export > > > > > OSCAR_VERBOSE=5" and then post the oscarinstall.log again. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > - DongInn > > > > > > > > > > Pravab J. Rana wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Its not AS its WS. Do let me know if you can help me out with > it. > > > I > > > > > > got stuck where it says to setup DNS and I cannot find the > correct > > > > > > version of caching name server for it > > > > > > I had a question to oscar users about oscar 4.2.1. Is it an > > > > > update as > > > > > > the file size is comparatively smaller to that of 4.2 so when > > > > > > installing it do i install 4.2 first and then update?? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > On 3/8/07, *DongInn Kim* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Pravab, > > > > > > > > > > > > What is the output of "cat /etc/redhat-release"? > > > > > > If the output is something like "Red Hat Enterprise Linux > AS > > > > > release 4 > > > > > > (Nahant)"( i.g., no update of RHEL4), I can help you out > to > > > > > install > > > > > > oscar > > > > > > 5.0 on your RHEL4. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > - DongInn > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael Edwards wrote: > > > > > > > If you want to try 4.x I would strongly suggest using > 4.2.1, > > > > > > which is > > > > > > > posted on sourceforge. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, you need to start from a fresh installation of > RHEL > > > > > 4. Just > > > > > > > deleting the files in /opt/oscar will not get rid of all > > > > > the pieces > > > > > > > scattered about. Running the > > > > > /opt/oscar/scripts/start_over script > > > > > > > might have cleaned things up, but since you deleted the > > > > > files I > > > > > > would > > > > > > > start over. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, I would start over anyway, but thats just me. > Then > > > you > > > > > > know for > > > > > > > sure where you are starting from and can repeat the > > > > > process if you > > > > > > > have problems to see if it is a repeatable issue or a > weird > > > > > > fluke of > > > > > > > some kind. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 3/6/07, *Pravab J. 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