Hi, I'm just starting to look at using CentOS 6.x on my xCAT server.
I have two xCAT servers, one running CentOS 5.5 and the other CentOS 6.2 both have xCAT 2.7.3 installed and RPMs from the latest dependencies tarball, I'm attempting to install stateful HS21 nodes with CentOS 5.5. Historically I've always used PXE to netboot to install these (a hangover from xCAT1 days...). However, with a 6.2 server this does not work. The system appears to install correctly but will not boot from disk afterwards - it appears that the bootloader is not getting configured correctly. Using XNBA the systems will install (and reboot) correctly. With the CentOS 5.5 server both PXE and XNBA work without issues. I'm aware that XNBA is the preferred netboot method (and it's been on my TODO list for a long time to check it out), but is PXE expected to still work with CentOS 6.2 servers? Is support for EL 6.2 complete yet in 2.7.3? One other difference between the two servers is that the 5.5 system is an upgrade from 2.6.8; the 6.2 system is a fresh install of 2.7.3. This makes a huge difference to the list of installed RPMs on the two systems as none of the nbroot/nbkernel RPMs are on the new installation. Could this have an effect on the PXE netboot? Regards, Mark ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Loveridge [email protected] Tel: +44(0)1293 556870 --- Fax: +44(0)1293 556800 --- Mob: +44(0)7824 473477 Registered Name: WesternGeco Limited Registered Office: Schlumberger House, Buckingham Gate, Gatwick Airport, West Sussex RH6 0NZ, UK Registered in England & Wales: No. 1389716 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
