David, Yes, please, share your experience. You can send me the document directly if you want, i will put it on the website.
Thanks for your feedback. ----- "David M Wise (Jr)" <david.w...@gdit.com> a écrit : > I cheated a little. I copied the initrd.img file used to tftp boot > the PS3 to the image boot directory over the one that is generated > automatically. This solved my boot up freeze problem. It appears > that the cluster is now up and working. I am writing step-by-step > instructions for a PS3 cluster using OSCAR5.1rc1 and YDL 5.0. Would > anyone benefit from this? Most of the ones I found online seemed to > be missing a couple of key components that someone not so savvy in > Linux and OSCAR might not have picked up right away (speaking of > myself). > > David Wise > Sr. Network Administrator > Verisign Trusted Agent > General Dynamics Information Technology > 5166 Potomac Dr > King George VA, 22485 > Phone: (540) 663-1016 > Cell: (540) 273-5764 > FAX: (540) 663-1201 > david.w...@gdit.com > www.gdit.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: geoffroy.val...@free.fr [mailto:geoffroy.val...@free.fr] > Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:16 PM > To: Wise, David M (Jr) > Cc: oscar-users > Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] PS3 issue > > David, > > You will have to execute the mkinitrd command in a chroot > environment. > Several emails have been posted lately regarding that specific point > and i do not know enough of the PS3 configuration to give you the > exact command to execute. > > I just modified OSCAR-6.x so this is done automatically but this is > not available in OSCAR-5.x. > > Regards, > > > ----- "David M Wise (Jr)" <david.w...@gdit.com> a écrit : > > > I had copied the /etc/modprobe.conf into the image once before > while > > troubleshooting this issue. But I have never "forced the creation > of > > the initrd into the image". Is there anything involved with > forcing > > the creation of the initrd into the image other than the copy of > > modprobe.conf? > > > > David Wise > > Sr. Network Administrator > > Verisign Trusted Agent > > General Dynamics Information Technology > > 5166 Potomac Dr > > King George VA, 22485 > > Phone: (540) 663-1016 > > Cell: (540) 273-5764 > > FAX: (540) 663-1201 > > david.w...@gdit.com > > www.gdit.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: geoffroy.val...@free.fr [mailto:geoffroy.val...@free.fr] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:59 AM > > To: oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Cc: Wise, David M (Jr) > > Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] PS3 issue > > > > David, > > > > This is the first time i hear about this problem with oscar-5.1 but > > based on your return, it seems that the problem touches both > OSCAR-5.1 > > and oscar-6.x. Based on the return from users, it seems that this > is > > because of a bad interaction between OSCAR and SystemImager. If you > > browse the mailing list, you will see suggestions from different > > persons, some seem to work but unfortunately, nobody gave me enough > > details so i could integrate that at least in OSCAR-6.x. > > > > Typically the solution is to copy the /etc/modprobe.conf file from > > your head node to the image and force the creation of the initrd > into > > the image. I do not know if that will fix your issue but i guess > you > > can give it a try. > > > > Finally, please, if you manage to resolve the problem, send me the > > details about what you did, otherwise it is impossible to push the > > modification upstream. > > > > Regards, > > > > ----- "David M Wise (Jr)" <david.w...@gdit.com> a écrit : > > > > > I am trying to build an Oscar cluster using PS3’s. I am able to > > > install YDL 5.0 and Oscar5.1rc1 on the head node PS3. I am having > a > > > problem with the image. I have created an image and successfully > > > pulled it to a slave node with systemimager but the node will not > > boot > > > after the image is installed. I am getting errors telling me that > > the > > > system cannot mount /dev and /proc. Not sure where to go from > here. > > > Maybe someone can ask the right questions of me to get an idea of > > what > > > I need to do to proceed. Thanks in advance for any help you can > > > provide. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David Wise > > > > > > Sr. Network Administrator > > > > > > Verisign Trusted Agent > > > > > > General Dynamics Information Technology > > > > > > 5166 Potomac Dr > > > > > > King George VA, 22485 > > > > > > Phone: (540) 663-1016 > > > > > > Cell: (540) 273-5764 > > > > > > FAX: (540) 663-1201 > > > > > > david.w...@gdit.com > > > > > > www.gdit.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports > > 2008 > > > 30-Day > > > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - > > and > > > focus on > > > what you do best, core application coding. 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