Re: trying to build OpenSSI [with 2.6.14 kernel] from source

Thanks for getting back to me Scott,

Just tried your suggestion and am still getting the exact same messages to where Node 2 starts the kernel and then go to the point of halting like before.

Not sure what is happening here.

Do you think that I should have to start all over again with a fresh install of Debian "Lenny" on Node 1 and to a complete re-install?

Node 1 seems to be working from what I can tell and even the "cluster -v" shows it as "UP", but no luck with getting Node 2 all of the way up yet.

Thanks and have a great day,
Lonnie Cumberland, Prof.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Walters [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 1:14 PM
> To: Cumberland, Lonnie
> Cc: John Hughes; Openssi users
> Subject: Re: [SSI-users] trying to build OpenSSI [with 2.6.14 kernel]
> from source
> 
> Shouldn't have to explicitly add dhcp.
> 
> It sounds to me -- taking a guess here -- that your hand-rolled
> mkinitrd has
> survived and has never been replaced by OpenSSI's.  Node 2 gets the
> right kernel
> but the wrong initrd.
> 
> Remove /tftpboot/kernel and initrd first just to make sure that they're
> being rebuilt and replaced with fresh copies.  ssi-ksync-network is a
> shell
> script and error reporting is never great in shell scripts.  I remember
> having to tweak things a bit in my work of building and installing
> a patched kernel.  The initnode happily booted the patched kernel
> but then the other nodes came up on the old, original kernel until
> I cleaned out that directory and muddled with things until I could get
> ssi-ksync-network to go.  ssi-ksync calls ssi-ksync-network.  If stuff
> in /tftpboot isn't rebuilt, step through the script one line at a time
> (perhaps just run commands at the prompt) and make sure nothing errors
> out or comes up with null data where it shouldn't.  Though honestly
> my problems were probably related to not using the prescribed
> bootloader =)
> 
> Cheers,
> -scott
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On  0, "Cumberland, Lonnie" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I just found the "Node Hang at boot" over at:
> >
> > http://wiki.openssi.org/go/Debian
> >
> > which describes part of my problem but even though I tried it as well
> as the solution in the "Node hang at boot, variant 2", I still get the
> same message.
> >
> > What's strange is that the e1000 driver is included in the ramdisk
> image as I mounted it to take a look.
> >
> > I also, added the /sbin/dhclient to the /etc/mkinitrd/exe before I
> used "ssi-ksync" to rebuild the ramdisk image.
> >
> > No luck so far on getting Node 2 to complete the booting even though
> it receives the kernel from the tftpd server on Node 1.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> >
> > Thanks and have a great day,
> > Lonnie Cumberland, Prof.
> > Physicist
> >
> > National Institute of Standards and Technology
> > Ionizing Radiation Division (846)
> > Radiation Physics Group (245), Room C106
> > ADDRESS:
> >                  100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8462
> >                 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8462
> >
> > EMAIL: [email protected]
> > http://physics.nist.gov/Divisions/Div846/div846.html
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Cumberland, Lonnie [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 8:42 AM
> > > To: John Hughes
> > > Cc: Openssi users
> > > Subject: Re: [SSI-users] trying to build OpenSSI [with 2.6.14
> kernel]
> > > from source
> > >
> > > Greetings All,
> > >
> > > I just tried to use "ssi-ksync" on the main node to sync up things
> for
> > > the ramimage that is being sent over via PXE boot to the nodes, but
> it
> > > seems that the dhcp client is missing from the ram image.
> > >
> > > The message that I am getting on node 2 is:
> > >
> > > "Gathering Cluster info
> > >
> > > DHCP client application not found
> > >
> > > Add dhcp client application to /etc/mkinitrd/exe and rebuild
> ramdisk
> > > image
> > >
> > > ERROR: Could not find a NIC with node configuration. Halting."
> > >
> > > I think that I need to edit the ramdisk so that it has the dhck
> client
> > > application, but am not sure how to do that.
> > >
> > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks and have a great day,
> > > Lonnie Cumberland, Prof.
> > > Physicist
> > >
> > > National Institute of Standards and Technology
> > > Ionizing Radiation Division (846)
> > > Radiation Physics Group (245), Room C106
> > > ADDRESS:
> > >                  100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8462
> > >                 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8462
> > >
> > > EMAIL: [email protected]
> > > http://physics.nist.gov/Divisions/Div846/div846.html
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: John Hughes [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 5:19 AM
> > > > To: Cumberland, Lonnie
> > > > Cc: Scott Walters; Openssi users
> > > > Subject: Re: [SSI-users] trying to build OpenSSI [with 2.6.14
> kernel]
> > > > from source
> > > >
> > > > Cumberland, Lonnie wrote:
> > > > > I have to ask what exact procedure you or others have used and
> if
> > > you
> > > > have the log files from an install that works since I am at a
> loss as
> > > > to why this procedure is not working as it seems like it should.
> > > > >
> > > > The log files are the exact procedure I followed.
> > > >
> > > > I'm sorry that I haven't been able to find any time to work on
> this
> > > for
> > > > the moment, I'll try again this weekend.
> > > >
> > > > (Current tasks, not necessarily in priority order:
> > > >
> > > > Port a huge application from SCO UnixWare to Debian Linux
> > > > Finish remodeling daughters bedroom
> > > > Replace broken fridge
> > > > Clean up mess left after cutting down tree
> > > > Work on OpenSSI
> > > > Hobby project - Porting software to obsolete ICL mainframe
> computer.
> > > > (I
> > > > don't have enough space for a model railway set)).
> > >
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