The current version of OSCAR is 5.0 and the list of supported distributions is here http://oscar.openclustergroup.org/supported_distros
If you would like to do some development work in getting other distributions up and running, thats fine, but I would recommend installing OSCAR on a supported distro first. On 8/2/07, Sylvester, Asil Gerard (ICRISAT-IN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Friends, > > I am trying to install OSCAR 4.2 (the 250MB tar file) onto my RHEL5. > Following the instructions on the README file, I get this output after I run > ./install_cluster eth0 > > (FYI, I have tried OSCAR 5 on RHEL 5 and Ubuntu 7.0.4 but it just exits with > an error message that it did not identify the system as a valid distro > etc.,. I am faced with the same problem on my Opne SuSe distro also.) > > Would be very grateful to any suggestions that could help me get my cluster > up and running. Below is the oscarinstall.log output. > > ============================================================================= > == Running OSCAR install_cluster script > ============================================================================= > > --> Quick sanity check for /tftpboot/rpm > --> Running: "cd /opt/oscar/scripts && ./wizard_prep" > > ============================================================================= > == Running OSCAR wizard_prep script > ============================================================================= > > --> Running OSCAR wizard prerequisites > Running prereq setup script packman (in order) > Checking for packman/depman RPMs... > --> will install packman-depman > --> will install packman-depman-rpms > Installing: > /opt/oscar/share/prereqs/packman/RPMS/packman-depman-rpms-1.44-1.noarch.rpm > > /opt/oscar/share/prereqs/packman/RPMS/packman-depman-1.44-1.noarch.rpm > Preparing... > ################################################## > packman-depman > ################################################## > packman-depman-rpms > ################################################## > Running prereq setup script update-rpms (in order) > Installing > /opt/oscar/share/prereqs/update-rpms/RPMS/update-rpms-1.1.23-1.noarch.rpm > Preparing... > ################################################## > update-rpms > ################################################## > WARNING: Appears oscar-httpd was not installed. Defaulting to local > filesystem. > Creating RPM cache database... > update-rpms, version 1.1.23 > > Reading cache... > WARNING: No cache found. > Querying RPMs... (2113 RPMs in 232 sec) > Writing cache (/var/cache/update-rpms)... (1 sec) > Done. > Running prereq setup script perl-XML-Parser (in order) > --> Checking to see if we need to install XML::Parser > --> XML::Parser appears to be installed already > Running prereq setup script perl-XML-Simple (in order) > --> Checking to see if we need to install XML::Simple > --> XML::Simple appears to be installed already > Running prereq setup script perl5lib-profile-oscar (in order) > --> Checking to see if we need to install perl5lib-profile-oscar > --> perl5lib-profile-oscar is not needed on this system. > Running prereq setup script oda (in order) > --> Checking to see if we need to install ODA RPMs > --> Copying oda-1.31-1.noarch.rpm to /tftpboot/rpm > > --> Installing ODA RPMs mysql perl-DBD-MySQL perl-DBI perl-CGI mysql-server > oda > DepMan: update-rpms failed to select the following packages: > perl-CGI > > ERROR: Prerequisite failure! at ./wizard_prep line 93 > Oscar Wizard preparation script failed to complete at ./install_cluster line > 212. > > > Regards, > > GERARD SYLVESTER > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-users mailing list > Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users
