Hi, Andrea:
I have resolved this problem manually, based on the PREP partition; I changed the file "img1.master"(it is my autoinstallscript).
Before run systemconfigurator command (in line 572), I have added a code line to copy the yaboot file to /a/boot/ so that the
Systemconfigurator can find the correct yaboot file and write it to the PREP partition. Such as:
570 [ -z $DEVICE ] && DEVICE=eth0
571 cp -f /a/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot /a/boot/yaboot # added
572 chroot /a/ systemconfigurator --excludesto=/etc/systemimager/systemconfig.local.exclude --configsi --stdin << EOL || shellout
After these two modifications mentioned in my mails, we can use SIS to install RHEL4QU4 on ppc64 platform :)
But I think there should be some formal methods to fix them, for example, for the error above I think the correct code change may be
Done in the file /usr/lib/systemconfig/Boot/YaBoot.pm(it is located in the systemconfurator rpm package) line 81 ~ 89.
Because the yaboot file location is written to /boot/yaboot, but the right yaboot file is put in /a/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot.
Since it needs to change the SIS code, so, Andrea, if you just have some free time, could you help to merge those code changes to SIS?
That will be very helpful, thank you. :)
I have also listed other fixes of sis on ppc64 here for your reference:
1. /etc/systemimager/autoinstallscript.conf will be modified to create the PREP and swap partition (see my mail below). Such as:
<part num="1" size="7.813" p_type="primary" p_name="-" flags="PREP" />
<part num="5" size="*" p_type="logical" p_name="-" flags="swap" />
<fsinfo line="80" real_dev="none" mp="swap" fs="swap" options="defaults" dump="0" pass="0" format="no" />
2. zImage is too big to transfer.(use --my-modules option with si_prepareclient)
3. boel_binaries.tar.gz has a lib conflict with initrd.img, these libs are:
- libc.so.6
libresolv.so.2
libm.so.6
libdl.so.2
libncurses.so.5
4. Some code change may be needed for /usr/lib/systemconfig/Boot/YaBoot.pm.(see this mail)
I guess the #1,#3,#4 can be merged into the SIS code, so that other people who will also used SIS on ppc64 platform will not encounter them,
It is a nice thing :). And it also can make the SIS more robust. Could you help us? Thank you.
To Andrea: so many thanks for you and you have helped me a lot.
Best Regards,
-----------------------------
Sun jing(孙靖)
IBM China Software Development Laboratory
Tel: (86-10) 82782244 ext.3625 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Address:8/F, Power Creative Building,No. 1, East Road, ShangDi, Beijing 100085, P.R.China.
Jing CDL Sun/China/IBM
2006-11-01 17:45 |
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I found the partion was not correct in the target node, because /dev/sda1 is not a PPC PReP Boot.
so I changed the /etc/systemimager/autoinstallscript.conf file like this:
<part num="1" size="7.813" p_type="primary" p_name="-" flags="PREP" />
<part num="2" size="125.508" p_type="primary" p_name="-" flags="-" />
<part num="3" size="33549.807" p_type="primary" p_name="-" flags="-" />
<part num="4" size="*" p_type="extended" p_name="-" flags="-" />
<part num="5" size="*" p_type="logical" p_name="-" flags="swap" />
then the systemconfigurator can create the partion correctly, "fdisk -l" on the target node is:
/scripts/pre-install # fdisk -l
ioctl32(fdisk:10525): Unknown cmd fd(5) cmd(40081272){00} arg(ffffe778) on /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 36.4 GB, 36401479680 bytes
128 heads, 32 sectors/track, 17357 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4096 * 512 = 2097152 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 4 8001 41 PPC PReP Boot
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.(I do not know this is why)
/dev/sda2 4 64 122164 83 Linux
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3 64 16062 32763483+ 83 Linux
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda4 16062 17358 2654640 5 Extended
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda5 16062 17358 2654639+ 82 Linux swap
by this, I only can create this boot partion, but I still can not resolve the problem of "no Yaboot",
could you give me any suggestions? thank you very much.
ps: I think the "systemconfigurator" may be helpful to this problem, for there is some pm files about "Boot" and "Yaboot",
but I did not find any materials about this component except the man page, and I do not know which is the right interface or option.
Best Regards,
-----------------------------
Sun jing(孙靖)
IBM China Software Development Laboratory
Tel: (86-10) 82782244 ext.3625 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Address:8/F, Power Creative Building,No. 1, East Road, ShangDi, Beijing 100085, P.R.China.
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