I recreate the master script and doesn' t work.... the prepareclient
command can replace the sfdisk output by another?

In very strange...


On 5/20/05, Peter Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  
>  
> webmail format, sorry: 
>   
> I think your best option is to use the si_something tool to re-create the
> master script.  Alternatively you can also delete the image and re-grab it. 
> This might be the safer option. 
>   
> Just checking, but you updated your client SI files when you updated the
> server? 
> 
>  ________________________________
>  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf
> of chan gux
> Sent: Fri 5/20/2005 4:43 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Sisuite-users] sfdisk prepareclient problem
> 
>  
>  
> 
> Hi Peter and thanks for your help.
> 
> The computer has a BCM 5700 NIC and works fine with my own
> systemimager boot kernel.
> 
> The real problem is when execute the prepareclient command. After
> update the systemimager packages, the error is the same:
> 
> sfdisk: seek error: wanted 0x0000000000000000, got 0x0000000000000000
> Using "sfdisk" to gather information about disk:
>     /dev/sda
> 
> 
> sfdisk: seek error: wanted 0x0000000000000000, got 0x0000000000000000
> Starting or re-starting rsync as a daemon.....
> done!
> 
> This client is ready to have its image retrieved.  You must now run
> the "si_getimage" command on your imageserver.
> 
> In the server, i check in
> /var/lib/systemimager/scripts/imagename.master script and
> find that
> the file doesn't have information about partitioning hard disk:
> 
> ### BEGIN partition /dev/sda ###
> echo "Partitioning /dev/sda..."
> echo "Old partition table for /dev/sda:"
> parted -s -- /dev/sda print
> 
> # Create disk label.  This ensures that all remnants of the old label,
> whatever
> # type it was, are removed and that we're starting with a clean label.
> echo "parted -s -- /dev/sda mklabel msdos || shellout"
> parted -s -- /dev/sda mklabel msdos || shellout
> 
> # Get the size of the destination disk so that we can make the
> partitions fit properly.
> DISK_SIZE=`parted -s /dev/sda print | grep 'Disk geometry for' | sed
> 's/^.*-//g' | sed 's/\..*$//' `
> [ -z $DISK_SIZE ] && shellout
> if [ "$ARCH" = "alpha" ]; then
>     END_OF_LAST_PRIMARY=1
> else
>     END_OF_LAST_PRIMARY=0
> fi
> 
> echo "New partition table for /dev/sda:"
> echo "parted -s -- /dev/sda print"
> parted -s -- /dev/sda print
> ### END partition /dev/sda ###
> 
> In another image (another golden client with FC3) the image.master script
> have:
> 
> echo "Creating partition /dev/sda1."
> START_MB=$END_OF_LAST_PRIMARY
> END_MB=$(echo "scale=3; ($START_MB + 47)" | bc)
> echo "parted -s -- /dev/sda mkpart primary ext2 $START_MB $END_MB ||
> shellout"
> parted -s -- /dev/sda mkpart primary ext2 $START_MB $END_MB || shellout
> END_OF_LAST_PRIMARY=$END_MB
> 
> The error in prepareclient doesn't allow the machine to load the
> actual partition table..... i can replace the command sfdisk and
> parameters in perl scripts (located in
> /usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager) and use another
> tool (as
> parted) to fetch description of golden client partitions?
> 
> many thanks,
> 
> polkan
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/20/05, Peter Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I have a dell optiplex 280 as golden client and when i run:
> >
> > This device needs updated network driver and SATA driver.  Neither is in
> the
> > default SATA kernel.
> >
> > > The machine have installed mandrake 10.1 power pack (kernel
> > > 2.6 and serial ata hard disk). The installed software is:
> >
> > OK, SATA for sure.  Not sure if its bcm5700 ('tg3') or e1000.  Either way
> it
> > does need an updated network driver too.
> >
> > > systemconfigurator-2.0.9-1.noarch.rpm
> > > perl-AppConfig-1.52-4.noarch.rpm
> > > systemimager-client-3.2.3-1.noarch.rpm
> > > systemimager-common-3.2.3-1.noarch.rpm
> >
> > Upgrade to 3.4.1 and re-image.  3.4.1 is the latest stable and has some
> > bugfixes.
> >
> > > Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40000000000 bytes
> > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4863 cylinders
> > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> > >
> > >    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> > > /dev/sda1   *           1          14      112423+  83  Linux
> > > /dev/sda2              15        4863    38949592+   5  Extended
> > > /dev/sda5              15         148     1076323+  82  Linux swap
> > > /dev/sda6             149         893     5984181   83  Linux
> > > /dev/sda7             894        2169    10249438+  83  Linux
> > > /dev/sda8            2170        4863    21639523+  83  Linux
> >
> > You can use my ISO or kernel after re-imaging with 3.4.1, it has
> everything
> > you need.
> >
> > http://world.anarchy.com/~peter/systemimager/
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > P
> >
> >
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