The beta should have more hardware support, but if the problem is between
the OS and the node, it may not help. You might try installing FC5 on the
node and seeing if the native installer has any problems.
On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 1:06 PM, D. Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm tempted to try the Oscar beta to see if this helps with the missing
> drives. Generally, are people having more luck with it?
>
>
>
> However, the department I'm setting this up for, is making heavy use of
> Matlab (what a nightmare!), and who knows what kind of new troubles, maybe a
> show stopper, and will have to revert back to 5.0 anyway.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Michael Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:51 AM
> *To:* oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Oscar-users] hard disks never found when imaging nodes
>
>
>
> Are they all 64 bit?
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 12:12 PM, D. Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> OSCAR 5.0 running on FC5 64 bit
>
>
>
>
>
> I've tried P. Mueller's Kernel… (kmod……screen after screen)
>
>
>
> I've googled….put 01all.load_sata_driver into
> /var/lib/systemimager/scripts/pre-install
>
> The best I could find is modprobe (some module that loads sata driver)
>
> Basically tried…modprobe….mptsas, mptspi, mptfc, ahci, libata…..no
> effect
>
>
>
> Tried booting with rescue disk to see what module is loaded…saw above
> 'libata'
>
>
>
> Tried a bunch of the following at "preboot" stage to pass "linux acpi =
> off, pci=nommconf, all-generic-ide…."
>
>
>
> Which would get past the kernel panic…sometimes…but always DISKS=0 and the
> install stops
>
>
>
> Get_arch
>
> Enumerate_disks
>
> DISKS=0
>
>
>
> I've tried UYOK, and not…
>
>
>
> I don't have the luxury of all the same type systems…
>
>
>
> Please help
>
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