Hi Allan, Ah - "start_over" ;) I'll definitely give that a try 1st. (Maybe this was mentioned somewhere in the Install Guide and I never saw it). Much thanks, will keep you appraised (and I've been thinking of opening a bar called "The Grouchy Penguin"),
Chris On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Allan Menezes wrote: > Hi Chris, > Just to save you time intead of reformatting etc .. > Go to /opt/oscar/scripts and type ./start_over > Then it will uninstall oscar and logout and log in > If you log in as a user type su - to get to the root prompt for oscar > Also start an xterm and now go to /opt/oscar/ and type ./install_cluster eth0 > or ethx where x is the number of your eth card in fc9 > Also i have not tried padding so there may be a bug there that you have > discovered so file a bug report! > If you want the first node to be called wulnode000 that is fine. You can do > that > To call the other 15 nodes wulfnode001, wulfnode002 ... > In the Create clients menu backspace over oscarnode and type wulfnode00 > Leave padding alone since there may be a bug in that script if you want to > get your cluster working the way you do. > For the next node in that menu in that create clients dialog box type 1 and > remember to set all your IP's correctly > That is if your master node wulfnode000 is of ip 192.168.1.1 then that is > your dhcp server and use the next address in the menu for for > wlufnode001,wulfnode002 etc that is 192.168.1.2 and the script will > automatically assign wulnode002 with ip 192.168.1.3 and so on with one-one > correspondence between ip's and number of remaining nodes. > Also you will have to yum the latest kernel in and use UYOK highlighted with > the red square radio button on and click on the clickable menu item to build > your own boot kernel for your cluster that is option UYOK. > Also click dhcp etc when your imaging your clients. > Tell me how it goes... > Allan Menezes > PS When I fix my bug i create several more... My bugs are pregnant ... > > Chris Stevenson wrote: > >> Thanks, Allan. >> >> Did not use trailing spaces (this was absolutely confirmed today) - the >> script invented one for the first of my nodes (but not for the other 15, >> another hint). Could not delete with the Delete Client (otherwise I would >> not be writing ;) - there were many errors, but they're real; subsequent >> checks in the MySQL database ibdata1 (strings ibdata1| grep wulfnode), or >> simply looking at what clients were still defined through the GUI itself, >> indicates that in fact a client name that gets a space in it cannot be >> removed. The scripts choke trying to do so. >> >> I'm guessing it was my selecting a non-default (non-"0") padding >> that allowed a goof by the script - there would be no attempt to >> insert anything between node number and base name, otherwise, and >> as you indicate, you didn't use padding, and evidently it works >> fine for you. (I;m also guessing it would do exactly the same thing with >> the dafault "oscarnode" Base Name, with a non-default "padding". Hence, >> padding is evil here) >> >> I can get to this point from a freshly-formatted disk in about three >> hours. Perhaps I'll pave one more time if nobody has a quick fix. >> >> thanks, >> Chris >> >> >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Building a 16-node cluster from Intel quad-cores on Fedora 9. >>>> >>>> *Almost* there. I've now rebuilt this whole box (from OS up) several >>>> times, knowing what to expect, and can now get to the install GUI w/ >>>> o any >>>> issues first crack. As Allan M. noted previously, the GUI's Step 1: >>>> is >>>> broken under Fedora 9 x86_64, but clicking on steps 2-4 procedes w/o >>>> issue >>>> and all packages I want (OpenMPI, mpich, etc) get installed, images >>>> get >>>> made, etc., so I'm happy. >>>> >>>> Until Step 5, "Creating Clients" >>>> >>>> My first time through this actually looked fine (I imported MACs >>>> from a >>>> file I set up, assigned them accordingly, etc). And then I noticed >>>> something that seemed to be causing errors. I thought I'd typed a >>>> trailing space for my selected "Base Name" in Step 4. No, I didn't. >>>> >>>> This cluster is called "wulf" (actually, this is the name on the >>>> public >>>> NIC. The cluster master is "wulf000", which I've temporarily set as >>>> hostname for the install, commenting-out the public name from /etc/ >>>> hosts). >>>> Hence, I'd like to use "wulfnode" instead of "oscarnode" for node >>>> names - >>>> just because I could change this. Given the option of specifying a >>>> "padding", I specified "2" which is supposed to produce names like >>>> "wulfnode001, wulfnode002...", according to the Help button. >>>> >>>> In fact, what it does is create entries for "wulfnode 1, wulfnode2, >>>> wulfnode3... wulfnode16". Note the (ILLEGAL) space in the first name. >>>> >>> Delete all the created nodes using the delete client nodes option.it >>> may come up with errors but will delete them >>> Then click on setup client nodes again. And instead of oscarnode type >>> wulfnode00 WITH NO trailing spaces! >>> Then on the start with try 1 this way you. Do not have to use any >>> padding >>> I did not use padding and justvcalled my head node x1 and the rest x2 .. >>> Etc.. >>> Allan >>> Definition:Expert:A drip under pressure >>> >>> >>>> This is a REAL problem. This space makes it impossible to remove this >>>> client (half the system packages that deal with hostnames will >>>> interpret >>>> this as a host "wulfnode" and a host "1", and bail on either). >>>> MySQL and >>>> SIS databases are used to store everything, and these can only be >>>> rewritten by the respective apps - I can't remove anything by hand. I >>>> strongly suspect this illegal space in a node hostname also breaks the >>>> final steps to finishing the cluster setup. >>>> >>>> SO, my question: how can I fix this illegal nodename specification, >>>> quickly/easily? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >>>> challenge >>>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >>>> great prizes >>>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in >>>> the world >>>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Oscar-users mailing list >>>> Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users >>>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >>> challenge >>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great >>> prizes >>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the >>> world >>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Oscar-users mailing list >>> Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great >> prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the >> world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Oscar-users mailing list >> Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users
