Ole, I'm interested in this, and undoubtedly we'll be including official support for this architecture in the future, but I don't know that any of the development team have access to such hardware. Do we?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the key here is the kernel. Assuming we get an appropriate kernel running, then binaries compiled for an x86 architecture will work fine, no? -Brian Thus spake Ole Holm Nielsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I'm grateful for Jeff's feedback, although it's not what I > wanted to hear :-( We're really happy with SystemImager > because it lets us clone a customized node's disk image. > The last time I looked at Kickstart it used RPM > packages, leaving a lot of customization to be done > afterwards. AutoYast is for SuSE Linux only, right ? > > If we decide for AMD64 machines (which perform very > great on our codes), we'll need really efficient network > installation methods for hundreds of nodes. Are there > any scaleable alternatives to SystemImager ? I suppose > that IBM delivers proprietary solutions for eServer AMD64 > clusters... > > /Ole > > Jeff Johnson wrote: > > You can look back in the mailing list archives and find other > >unsuccessful attempts at using systemimager with AMD64. > > > >You will run into several pitfalls: > > > >You can PXE boot a 32-bit kernel and ramdisk image, partition/mkfs the > >disk and rsync the master image. This will fail at the postinstall stage > >when the chroot into the new rsynced tree occurs for setting up the boot > >block. You will not be able to chroot into a 64-bit OS from a 32-bit > >kernel. Attempts were made to create a temporary 32-bit bin and lib > >inside the rsynced tree just for doing the postinstall but they failed. > > > >I managed to compile the ramdisk image and boel binaries from source > >under AMD64 (with some tweaking to the source) but I was unsuccessful in > >compiling an AMD64 kernel that would successfully PXE boot. > > > >I ended up getting some AMD64 systems imaged but it involved a really > >UGLY combination of using systemimager and a 32-bit PXE kernel for all > >of the mkfs and rsync stuff and then manually booting a OS rescue cdrom > >and manually doing the boot block installations and system > >configurations. > > > >IMHO, you would be better off doing a network kickstart or AutoYast > >installation. > > > > > >On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 07:27, Ole Holm Nielsen wrote: > > > >>We're testing an AMD64 Opteron (IBM eServer 325) machine > >>for potential installation into our Linux cluster. We're > >>testing the disk cloning using SystemImager 3.0.1 on > >>Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0. > >> > >>We can copy a golden client image to the server, and we > >>can network boot the eServer 325 using PXE. But we > >>seem to have some troubles building a kernel which > >>recognizes all needed devices in the eServer 325, > >>since the booting invariable hangs at different places > >>along the way. > >> > >>Has anyone succeeded in installing such any AMD64 Opteron > >>machine, or specifically an IBM eServer 325, using > >>SystemImager ? Any information will be appreciated. > >> > >>Ole Holm Nielsen > >>Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. > Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with > a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Sisuite-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users > -- --------------------------------------------------------- Brian Elliott Finley Argonne, MCS Division Phone: 630.631.6621 http://thefinleys.com GPG: 3FF8 D096 0E0C D3F3 29B7 6518 D20B 1931 10F8 EE52 --------------------------------------------------------- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your signature to help me spread! ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Sisuite-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
