Re: [sisuite-users] SALI + VMWare ESXi

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 3:54 AM, Bas van der Vlies wrote: > On 02/14/2012 08:57 PM, Tristam MacDonald wrote: > >> Has anyone tried using SALI to boot a VM instance running under WMWare's >> ESXi? >> > > Which virtual network device did you choose? I just goo

[sisuite-users] SALI + VMWare ESXi

h pre-boot settings.* * * *Param DEVICE not set, guesing interface* * * *DHCP configuration failed* * * *Killing off running processes.* And once at the recovery prompt, ifconfig won't show/manipulate any devices except lo. -- Tristam MacDonald System Administrator, Suffolk University Math

Re: [sisuite-users] si-suite site down?

t disables grub requiring UUIDs, but grub-update still generates configuration files containing UUIDs. I don't recall the exact specifics of disabling grub's UUIDs (although I have them written down somewhere). But most people at the time were just manually editing their grub files. --

Re: [sisuite-users] si-suite site down?

ID grub config without manually overwriting the output of update-grub. -- Tristam MacDonald System Administrator, Suffolk University Math & CS Department http://swiftcoder.wordpress.com/ -- Try before you buy =

Re: [sisuite-users] si-suite site down?

neither component has support for Debian's new disk UUIDs, so monkeying with your /etc/fstab and grub config may be required. -- Tristam MacDonald System Administrator, Suffolk University Math & CS Department -- V

Re: [sisuite-users] Not seeing boel messages on serial console

this by disabling the use of UUIDs by your OS. That generally means editing your /etc/fstab to replace UUIDs with device paths, and editing your /etc/default/grub to disable UUID support. -- Tristam MacDonald System Administrator, Suffolk University Math & CS Department -

Re: [sisuite-users] Partitioning problem with SI 4.0.2 & SALI 1.3.2

aliUsage/Functions). Most of it I pulled from the various SALI-related posts on the mailing list, however. I realise you would prefer to continue using the old-style script, but the reason I recommend the newer method is that SALI-style functions result in a much cleaner script that is far easier to rea

Re: [sisuite-users] Partitioning problem with SI 4.0.2 & SALI 1.3.2

ng to the SALI commands should look more like mine: # disk enumeration disk_enumerate "sd hd" > # set disk label set_disklabel $DISK0 gpt > # partition partition $DISK0 1:grub2 5000:swap::swap 2:ext4:/:root > 1:ext4:/tmp:temp 0:ext4:/data:data > # mount di

Re: [sisuite-users] Booting from SALI, but install script doesn't run, & fails when run manually

On Aug 16, 2010, at 7:24 PM, Chris Pepper wrote: > Tristam MacDonald wrote: >> On Aug 16, 2010, at 5:07 PM, Chris Pepper > <mailto:pep...@reppep.com>> wrote: >> >>> With SALI our nodes connect to the imageserver and fetch scripts, but >>> they do not

Re: [sisuite-users] Booting from SALI, but install script doesn't run, & fails when run manually

d, opening console", "write_variables", and "Starting console...". You need to pass the SCRIPTNAME=whatever option to the kernel. See my thread about tmpfs a few weeks ago - about halfway through is a detailed description. -- Tristam MacDonald http://swiftco

Re: [sisuite-users] How can I see the System Imager error message?

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Patrick Nolan wrote: > Tristam MacDonald wrote: > > Did you try shift+pageup to use the kernel's built-in scrolling > capabilities? > > Yes. That's one of the things mentioned in the page of advice. There > doesn't seem

Re: [sisuite-users] How can I see the System Imager error message?

Did you try shift+pageup to use the kernel's built-in scrolling capabilities? On Aug 3, 2010, at 15:45, Patrick Nolan wrote: > I've been banging my head against a problem installing OSCAR for a > couple of weeks. The network boot phase seems to be crashing because > of a System Imager error, bu

Re: [sisuite-users] how to disable tmpfs staging?

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Tristam MacDonald wrote: > > I am a little confused how the master scripts work. > > Do I manually edit (having made a backup copy) my image-name.master > script to include those features, or is there a way to modify > systemimager to genera

Re: [sisuite-users] how to disable tmpfs staging?

way to modify systemimager to generate a master script which works like that? -- Tristam MacDonald http://swiftcoder.wordpress.com/ -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the fi

Re: [sisuite-users] how to disable tmpfs staging?

I pass it the image/script name? -- Tristam MacDonald http://swiftcoder.wordpress.com/ -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http

Re: [sisuite-users] how to disable tmpfs staging?

ub2 by default. I just tested switching to ext3, and the imaging appears to be proceeding perfectly, so I will mess with downgrading grub in the morning. Thanks, -- Tristam MacDonald http://swiftcoder.wordpress.com/ -

Re: [sisuite-users] how to disable tmpfs staging?

Linux My partition layout is somewhat unorthodox: 5GB swap, followed by 20GB /, 10 GB /tmp and 115 GB /data. All of the above except for / are empty, but could the swap-first layout be confusing things? Thanks, -- Tristam Ma

[sisuite-users] how to disable tmpfs staging?

if it will be of any help. Thanks, -- Tristam MacDonald http://swiftcoder.wordpress.com/ -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.