RE: [Sisuite-users] Re: Is there a SystemImager kernel for x86_64 containing Broadcom drivers ?

[Bernard Li]

Title: Re: [Sisuite-users] Re: Is there a SystemImager kernel for x86_64 containing Broadcom drivers ?

Hi Ole:

 

Are you using the "official" 3.6.3 RPMs?  I had that problem before but it doesn't look like everybody have this issue (?!).  Anyways the reason is (at least I think) is that when you generate the initrd.img, the special block device /dev/sda is copied from the live image server and that is why parted complains that /dev/sda is being used.

 

Do you only have /dev/sda on your client nodes?  If so, then perhaps you can try my development version of 3.6.3 which has this problem fixed.  However, what I did was I skipped the part about copying the block device and just run MAKEDEV on /dev/hda and /dev/sda (this is hardcoded).  If you need more devices just modify UseYourOwnKernel.pm and add them appropriately.

 

Well give it a shot and let me know how it goes:

 

http://www.bcgsc.ca/downloads/oscar/systemimager/

 

Alternatively, the code in trunk does work, so perhaps you can try that...

 

Cheers,

 

Bernard

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Ole Holm Nielsen
Sent: Wed 26/04/2006 04:12
To: sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Sisuite-users] Re: Is there a SystemImager kernel for x86_64 containing Broadcom drivers ?

Steven's suggestion of ramdisk_size and tmpfs_size was correct,
non-default parameters seem to be required for this x86_64 server
(should belong in an FAQ).

Now my installation proceeds correctly until disk partitioning begins
in the .master script.  The disk to be installed already has
a partition table (should be overwritten).  The following error appears
after the current disk label has been printed:

parted -s -- /dev/sda mklabel msdos || shellout
Warning: Partitions(s) on /dev/sda are being used.
Killing off running processes.

I really don't understand why parted seems to complain about preexisting
partions - our other types of nodes have their /dev/hda ATA disks
overwritten with no problems.  I googled for the parted error message
without finding any explanation.  Can anyone help ?

Thanks,
Ole

Steven A. DuChene wrote:
> There are some adjustments you have to make to the kernel boot line
> to increase the size of the ram disk during boot. The kernel boot line
> I am using in the /tftpdir/pxelinux.cfg/C0A8BLAH (based on your hardware
> MAC address) is:
>
> APPEND vga=extended initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/ram ramdisk_size=43000 tmpfs_size=1990M console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty1 console=ttyS0,9600

--
Ole Holm Nielsen
Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark


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