Hi Bernard, Thanks for your continuing efforts on this list ! Regarding installation on an IBM xServer 326m, SystemImager installation unfortunately keeps bombing out at the disk partitioning stage whenever the disk has preexisting partitions: > parted -s -- /dev/sda mklabel msdos || shellout > Warning: Partitions(s) on /dev/sda are being used. > Killing off running processes.
I first noticed this with SystemImager 3.6.3 RPMs built on my own machine. I also tried the "official" 3.6.3 RPMs, same story. Finally I figured out how to build RPMs from the Subversion trunk (version 3.7.3 checked out on May 4) and installed those on the client machine. I'm sorry to report that the very same problem also exists with 3.7.3 :-( I should also try out Bernard's OSCAR SystemImager 3.6.3 RPMs, but I need more time for that. However, fudging a temporary workaround with /sbin/MAKEDEV isn't the same as a long-term solution, IMHO. Isn't there any method to delete preexisting disk partitions during SystemImager node installation ? I do not understand this business about the block device /dev/sda "remembering" its state from the Golden Client. Again, provided I wipe the disk clean before using SystemImager, installation works very smoothly. The disk is a 36 GB SCSI disk connected to a LSI1030 controller with firmware MPTBIOS-IME-5.04.06. Thanks again, 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...
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