Re: [xcat-user] [External] nodeset and UEFI boot xnba files

2021-03-02 Thread Thomas HUMMEL
On 3/2/21 2:32 PM, Christian Caruthers wrote: Looking at the dhcpd.leases file, it appears the determining factor in which file a node gets when it PXE boots if the client-architecture. Unfortunately, I can't translate the different values I see in the leases file ("00:00" and "00:09").

Re: [xcat-user] [External] nodeset and UEFI boot xnba files

2021-03-02 Thread Christian Caruthers
Looking at the dhcpd.leases file, it appears the determining factor in which file a node gets when it PXE boots if the client-architecture. Unfortunately, I can't translate the different values I see in the leases file ("00:00" and "00:09"). So while I see your point, and not keeping both files

[xcat-user] Docs on how to build xCAT

2021-03-02 Thread Vinícius Ferrão via xCAT-user
Hello, I’m trying to build xCAT by myself following the instructions on: https://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developers/guides/code/builds.html But they are so simple that I figured it out before reading it, just run ./buildcore.sh The problem is: that’s not working. Error: build of

Re: [xcat-user] [External] nodeset and UEFI boot xnba files

2021-03-02 Thread Thomas HUMMEL
On 3/1/21 6:27 PM, Christian Caruthers wrote: If it changes to something like: #!gpxe #boot Exit Yes it is Of course, you should not configure a stateless node as "boot" I know that, I just tested the behavior relative to file content for both cases (stateless and stateful) Stateful

Re: [xcat-user] Docs on how to build xCAT

2021-03-02 Thread Mark Gurevich
Once you clone xcat-core git repository, try running: ./buildcore RPMSIGN=0 It should turn off rpm signing which uses a local directory to find keys. A core-rpms-snap.tar.bz2 file should be generated somewhere under $HOME/xcatbuild Dependencies are built by builddep.sh script, but it uses a

Re: [xcat-user] [External] nodeset and UEFI boot xnba files

2021-03-02 Thread Thomas HUMMEL
On 3/2/21 2:53 PM, Thomas HUMMEL wrote: According to ipxe.org And also rfc4578 ___ xCAT-user mailing list xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user

Re: [xcat-user] Docs on how to build xCAT

2021-03-02 Thread Vinícius Ferrão via xCAT-user
I figured out. In fact there was system (mainly perl) dependencies missing. I have to install them: # dnf -y install perl-Sys-Syslog perl-Pod-Html perl-Time-HiRes perl-Math-BigInt perl-Text-Balanced perl-DBI perl-JSON createrepo The installation was a default EL 8.3 install with Standard

Re: [xcat-user] Docs on how to build xCAT

2021-03-02 Thread Vinícius Ferrão via xCAT-user
Hi Mark, thanks for the RPMSIGN=0 tip. It helped but definitely something is still missing, probably dependencies to do a proper compilation. Here’s some issues: 1. Can't locate Sys/Syslog.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Sys::Syslog module) (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl .