On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Michael Edwards wrote:
> The modprobe.conf file which FC5 made for your nodes is probably > wrong, it isn't loading the storage drivers correctly and so the > kernel is crashing when it tries to reference them. If possible, boot > the node of the fc5 install disk and go into "rescue mode". If that > succeeds you just need to make a copy of the modprobe.conf file it > uses and put that in > > /var/lib/systemimager/overrides/etc/modprobe.conf > > SIS will use that file instead of its automatically generated version. > > If you know what modules it needs to load, you can of course just make > it by hand. :) > > On 3/23/07, Baldassi Maurizio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> >> I am trying to set up a small cluster using OSCAR version 5.0 on Linux >> Fedora Core 5 using i386 H/W architecture (I have got five - rather aged >> and almost identical - NEC servers featuring a Pentium III running at >> 866 MHz, with a Mylex DAC960 RAID controller). >> >> I installed Fedora Core 5 on a server, then I downloaded OSCAR 5.0 files >> and I started the installation of the head node. >> >> Everything worked fine up to (and including) step 6. I went into >> troubles when I started imaging of clients; the first problem I had was >> the incorrect naming of partitions in the main client-autoinstall script >> oscarimage.master. The script correctly created the partitions using the >> device name /dev/rd/c0d0 and then tried to refer to them (for mke2fs >> etc.) as /dev/rd/c0d01, /dev/rd/c0d05 and so on. With these names mke2fs >> failed regularly, so, after some investigations, I found that the real >> names of the partitions where /dev/rd/c0d0p1, /dev/rd/c0d0p5 etc. (there >> where an extra 'p' between the device name and the partition number). I >> then edited the script (which is included in the attached file together >> with the logs) in order to reflect the correct partition naming. >> >> After these modifications, the script was able to correctly format >> partitions, but I got further errors - related to attempts of string >> concatenations using uninitialized values - when the script called the >> function 'run_post_install_scripts'. I then edited again the script, >> making further modifications related to the incorrect naming of the >> partitions (in the section where the string '/dev/hda' is modified in >> the files /etc/fstab etc. - you'll find comments I made by searching for >> the string 'baldax'). For the same reason, I tried to edit the file >> systemconfig.conf too. >> >> After that, I rebooted the client again, and this time only two errors >> where left (you'll see them in the lines with a '** ==>' prepended in >> the file si_monitor.log included in the attachment), both two related to >> concatenating uninitialized values. >> >> Anyway I saw the GRUB splash and the menu, and after few seconds the >> system started to boot; but after about two or three screens of >> lightning-fast system messages (see attached file LastBootLogLines.txt), >> it ended up with a kernel panic. >> >> I tried to search through the lists for a similar problem, but I had no >> results. >> >> Thanks for your kind attention >> >> Best regards >> >> Maurizio Baldassi >> Settore Innovazione Tecnologica >> ARPA FVG - Direzione Centrale >> tel.: 0432922691 - 3404979509 >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
