You could also try making a boot CD, sometimes this helps if tftp is being a pain since it works in a slightly different way.
I haven't had to make one since UYOK came out, but I have used them to work around bad/old network drivers that didn't like network booting. On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 1:50 PM, ali nazemian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did that before , on client nodes , first node try to configure ip address > with dhcp and its successfully do that , but after that the message "tftp > time out" showed up. and client exit boot agent... > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 9:14 PM, Michael Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> When you try on Saturday, when you network boot the nodes after >> collecting their mac addresses, put them on a monitor so you can see >> what is going on. I doubt they are getting far enough to use the >> cluster install monitor, but if that works it might also be helpful to >> look at. >> >> Good luck. >> >> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:42 PM, ali nazemian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > I tried that before , but now i forget what was that , it was something >> > like >> > what u said but i dont know what exactly was. i haven't access to >> > cluster >> > computers until Saturday morning . >> > Also i upload full installation log in here , if u find out anything >> > about >> > that let me know. >> > http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RAE4TE7B >> > >> > So , i should stop until Saturday , Thanks a lot for your help , see u >> > soon... >> > >> > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 7:59 PM, Michael Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> It is worth a try to use the 10.x.x.x network. >> >> >> >> Systemimager-rsync is just fine for small clusters and is the default. >> >> Systemimager-multicase and systemimager-bt are for different, more >> >> scalable transfer technologies (multicast and bittorrent >> >> respectively). rsync is the simplest of the three and since you are >> >> having problems I would stick to that until you resolve the networking >> >> issues. >> >> >> >> Removing the # in the sshd.conf file should be sufficient. You might >> >> need to restart sshd, but I don't remember. That is probably not your >> >> problem though, that would just cause problems later when you were >> >> trying to run programs on the cluster. >> >> >> >> You mentioned hosts.allow. That isn't a firewall exactly and >> >> generally oscar doesn't deal with security using those files. What do >> >> you get if you do 'iptables -L' as root on your head node? It should >> >> say something like this: >> >> >> >> Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) >> >> target prot opt source destination >> >> >> >> Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) >> >> target prot opt source destination >> >> >> >> Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) >> >> target prot opt source destination >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:10 PM, ali nazemian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> wrote: >> >> > Yeah , i tried YUOK before . >> >> > I saw most of them with 192.168.1.1 ip address , but this time i use >> >> > 10.10.x.x for network ip address , may be this can help me fix the >> >> > problem. >> >> > and FYI the switch is 4210 , 24 port 3com. >> >> > I have 2 question about that , in step 6 , i can choose between , >> >> > "systemimager-rsync" , "systemimager-multicast" and "systemimager-bt" >> >> > what >> >> > is the diffrence between them?! >> >> > also for configuring ssh, as it written on installation guide i >> >> > should >> >> > change "PermitRootLogin" to yes. for that i just search for >> >> > "#permitRootLogin yes" line and delete "#" from its head , that is >> >> > it? >> >> > is it >> >> > enough?! >> >> > cheers. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Michael Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> There is nothing magic about clustering for your switch to support >> >> >> or >> >> >> not support. It is just a bunch of computers talking to each other, >> >> >> the switch is probably fine. The reason I keep asking about the >> >> >> switch is that sometimes they come with the address 192.168.0.1 hard >> >> >> coded and this can cause the kinds of problems you are seeing. You >> >> >> should be able to hook another machine (not the head node, or even >> >> >> the >> >> >> client nodes) to the cluster switch and ssh to the 192.168.0.1 >> >> >> address. It can even be a windows box if you download putty or >> >> >> something of that sort. >> >> >> >> >> >> Have you tried the "UYOK" option on the setup screen? If you click >> >> >> on >> >> >> "UYOK" and then click "Setup Network Boot" it will try to use the >> >> >> kernel from the head node instead of the generic OSCAR kernel. This >> >> >> sometimes fixes this type of network card issues. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 9:17 AM, ali nazemian >> >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> > Hi again, >> >> >> > As i said before , >> >> >> > OS: centos 4.7 >> >> >> > Ethernet card:2 onboard ethernet card, intel 1000 pro i think. >> >> >> > CPU:xeon quad core 5100 family , 2.66ghz , 12mb cache. >> >> >> > about ssh head node , i cant check that , cause of i haven't any >> >> >> > os >> >> >> > install >> >> >> > on client nodes , how can i ssh 192.168.0.1 on the client nodes >> >> >> > without >> >> >> > any >> >> >> > command environment on them?! but as i said i try to ssh clients >> >> >> > node >> >> >> > from >> >> >> > server and "no route to host" message showed up. >> >> >> > for collecting mac address i just use "start collecting mac >> >> >> > address" >> >> >> > and >> >> >> > it >> >> >> > find all of them well , and about "Setup Network Boot" , yes i did >> >> >> > that. >> >> >> > as >> >> >> > i said all of steps except step 7 , did successfully. >> >> >> > I set host.allow file to ALL:ALL and i havent seen any difference. >> >> >> > yeah SeLinux is disable. >> >> >> > is there any chance , my switch didnt suppert clustering?! >> >> >> > Please read my posts again i think all of needed information was >> >> >> > posted >> >> >> > before... >> >> >> > >> >> >> <Clipped to prevent the message from getting too long> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> 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 >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > A.Nazemian >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > 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 >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > A.Nazemian >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > 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 > > > > -- > A.Nazemian > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
