There was some discussion on this a few weeks back (check the mailing list archives?).
xCAT 2.7 relies (if I'm not mistaken) on the vendor's tftp service and no long bundles atftp. I believe the issue you're seeing is the result of upgrading xCAT from pre-2.7 to 2.7. One of the IBM devs explained this far more coherently so quick search of the archive should yield the complete answer. On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Jason Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Steve, > > I've not used 2.7 yet but 2.6 has an atftp that is installed from xcat's > repos. > > Mine is: atftp-xcat-0.7-10.x86_64 > > And it installs itself as a separate service: /etc/init.d/tftpd > > chkconfig tftpd on > > may fix your issue on boot and of course: > > /sbin/service tftpd start > > would probably fix it on a booted system. > > -- > Jason Williams > Systems Administrator > Homewood High Performance Clusters > Graphics Processing Lab Cluster > Johns Hopkins University > Email: [email protected] > Phone: 410-516-4084 > > On 9/3/2012 10:55 AM, Steven Presser wrote: > > Hey all, > I'm setting up a fresh install of xcat 2.7.3. Everything was going > okay, right up until I booted my test node. It wasn't able to fetch the > image via tftp. A little investigation revealed tftp wasn't actually > running: > # ps ax | grep tftp > 10530 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep tftp > > Here's what I see when restarting xcatd: > # service xcatd restart > Restarting xCATd Stopping xCATd [ OK ] > > in.tftpd: no process killed > /usr/sbin/in.tftpd: invalid option -- 'l' > [ OK ] > Here is the list of relevant packages: > # yum list installed | grep -B1 -e xcat -e tftp > apr-util-ldap.i686 1.3.9-3.el6_0.1 @base > atftp-server.i686 0.7-6.el6.rf @rpmforge > -- > chkconfig.i686 1.3.49.3-2.el6 > @anaconda-CentOS-201207051201.i386/6.3 > conserver-xcat.i386 8.1.16-9 @/conserver-xcat-8.1.16-9.i386 > -- > elfutils-libelf.i686 0.152-1.el6 > @anaconda-CentOS-201207051201.i386/6.3 > elilo-xcat.noarch 3.14-4 @xcat-dep > -- > > @anaconda-CentOS-201207051201.i386/6.3 > ipmitool-xcat.i386 1.8.11-1 @/ipmitool-xcat-1.8.11-1.i386 > -- > perl-IO-Tty.i686 1.08-4.el6 @base > perl-JSON.noarch 2.50-1.el6.rfx @xcat-dep > -- > perl-xCAT.noarch 4:2.7.3-snap201206180512 > @xcat-2-core > -- > syslinux.i686 4.02-7.el6 @base > syslinux-xcat.noarch 3.86-2 installed > -- > xCAT.i386 2.7.3-snap201206180516 > @xcat-2-core > xCAT-client.noarch 4:2.7.3-snap201206180512 > @xcat-2-core > -- > 1:2.7.3-snap201206111431 > @xcat-dep > xCAT-server.noarch 4:2.7.3-snap201206180512 > @xcat-2-core > -- > @base > yaboot-xcat.noarch 1.3.17-rc1 @xcat-dep > > And version info (CentOS): > # uname -a > Linux bosca 2.6.32-279.5.1.el6.i686 #1 SMP Tue Aug 14 21:14:52 UTC 2012 i686 > i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > An old thread I found suggested I might be running the wrong tftp server. > However, when I tried removing atftp, yum told me that xcat depended on it. > Barring confirmation from someone more knowledgeable than I that I should > try that, messing with it seems ill-advised. > So: Does anyone know what is wrong here? Any suggestions for fixing it? > > Thank you very much, > Steve > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > -- Bill Woodford [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
