Gordon, I decided to use CentOS 5.2 operating system instead of fc8. That fixed my problem.
________________________________ From: Gordon Wells [mailto:gordon.we...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 9:58 AM To: oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] Problem rebooting client nodes from local disk I'm experiencing similar errors also with fc8 i386 and 5.1 beta. The install works but on reboot the error messages appear. In addition the kernel seems to finding a non-existent sda device and getting confused with the hda device which it should be using. This install was with netboot and without UYOK . > Hello, > > I have just installed Oscar 5.1 beta under Fedora 8 for the i386 > architecture. The client nodes successfully downloaded their images from the > server, but have failed to reboot from local disk. > > I selected UYOK option when I created the network boot CD since this is > required for the Fedora 8 OS. When the client nodes fail to reboot, the last > several lines read: > > "Waiting for driver initialization. > Trying to resume from /dev/hda5 > Unable to access resume device (/dev/hda5) > Creating root device > Mounting root filesystem. > mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root' > Setting up other filesystems > Setting up new root fs. > setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory > no fstab.sys, mounting internal defaults > setuproot: error mounting /proc: no such file or directory > setuproot: error mounting /sys: no such file or directory > Switching to new root and running init. > unmounting old /dev > unmounting old /proc > unmounting old /sys > switchroot: mount failed: no such file or directory > Booting has failed." > > I tried to rescue the system using the Fedora 8 rescue CD, but this was > unsuccessful. Can someone please advise me on why the client nodes will not > reboot from local disk, and what I can do to resolve the problem? > Thank you. > > James Parker > > This message is intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it > is addressed. > This communication may contain information that is confidential, proprietary, > privileged or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. > If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender > immediately by facsimile, e-mail or phone and delete all copies of the > message. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. > The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help > pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-users mailing list > Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > -- Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom. -- Death, The Hogfather Gordon Wells Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Unit Department of Biochemistry University of Pretoria ________________________________ This message is intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This communication may contain information that is confidential, proprietary, privileged or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by facsimile, e-mail or phone and delete all copies of the message.
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