You might be running into an issue where the 10Gb interface simply isn't up or the driver isn't loaded when updateflag tries to run. I haven't used 10Gb interfaces as a primary interface before, but perhaps it's necessary to make sure the module(s) is/are included in the initrd? I'm guessing RHEL5 doesn't have this problem? Is there anything in the RHEL5 templates or xCAT tables spelling out initrd modules to be included?
Regards, Christian D. Caruthers Senior Consultant - System x Linux HPC Mobile: 1-757-289-9872 | Phone: 1-804-327-4559 E-mail: [email protected] Find me on: "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams 9201 Arboretum Pkwy Richmond, VA 23236-5402 United States From: Bruce Pennypacker <[email protected]> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>, Date: 05/10/2012 03:12 PM Subject: Re: [xcat-user] juggling rhel5 and rhel6 installs On 5/10/12 2:11 PM, Bruce Pennypacker wrote: On 5/9/12 5:46 PM, Christian Caruthers wrote: It's pretty straightforward, but there are some gotchas, particularly in the differences between RHEL5 & 6 kickstart templates. Thanks for all the pointers. I've successfully loaded RHEL 6 and created a working kickstart template. Unfortunately the post-install seems to have problems and I'm stuck trying to figure out exactly why. After the linux installation completes the server reboots as expected and the post-install process begins. But the system hangs during the subsequent bootup with the last message displayed being: ./otherpkgs: no extra rpms to install So as a test I removed otherpkgs from the xcatdefaults entry in the postscripts table and performed a re-install. It still hangs during the bootup sequence for some reason. If I hook up a console to the test node I can reboot it no problem and start it up in single user mode. I see the xcatinstallpost script is still set up in /etc/init.d, but in trying to walk through it I can't figure out what might be hanging. Any suggestions? FYI, I'm using the most recent xCAT snapshot (xCAT-2.7.2-snap201205082311). -Bruce So as a followup I've managed to track it down to the updateflag.awk script hanging because after the kickstart reboots the network apparently isn't coming up for some reason. We have 10gb Mellanox NIC's (IBM branded) in the iDataPlex nodes, and we don't use the built-in 1gb NIC's at all. If I reboot the node in single user mode and start the network manually it sees the 1gb interfaces but not the 10gb ones for some reason. Odd that the kickstart has no problem with the 10gb ones but the installed OS does have a problem with them... -Bruce ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ xCAT-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user
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