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From: Alex G. <al...@vi...> - 2005-04-27 13:17:00
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On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 11:36:23AM +0200, Carsten Lehmann wrote: > Alex Goller wrote: > > >Ok, did a fresh 1.1.1 installation and nothing changed. Can somebody > >tell me if the 1.1.1 version is 1.4 from CVS? Should i try 1.4 from > >CVS over the one in ani-1.1.1.tar.gz? > > > could you please send me your postwin.pl and your pwframe.pl ? > Nothing change means your error from the list still remains ? Hm, i see you have changed postwin.pl to Create() a registry key instead of doing Open(). I think pwframe.pl needs to do the same, my error message is coming from line 307 of pwframe.pl which does an Open() call on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE too. Will attach postwin.pl and pwframe.pl in a private mail. cheers, alex -- alexander goller al...@vi... |
From: Alex G. <al...@vi...> - 2005-04-27 09:20:13
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Hi, how about using $Id$ or $Header$ in each file to be sure one is using the right versions? (see https://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.20/cvs_12.html#SEC97 for documentation) cheers, alex -- alexander goller al...@vi... |
From: Alex G. <al...@vi...> - 2005-04-27 09:14:58
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Moin, On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 09:04:38PM +0200, Alex Goller wrote: > Ouch, i just have discovered it's only 1.3 or less. If that is true, > then all the errors/problems i have encountered yet could be because > i'm using the wrong version. I will interview my coworker tomorrow. I > took the stuff over from a directory called ani-1.1.1, so i supposed > i'm using the version which is tagged V1_1_1 in CVS. But otoh then i'd > have version 1.4 of postwin.pl installed. Ok, did a fresh 1.1.1 installation and nothing changed. Can somebody tell me if the 1.1.1 version is 1.4 from CVS? Should i try 1.4 from CVS over the one in ani-1.1.1.tar.gz? > Will send a report tomorrow, if this is true, i will stand in the > corner for a while... Glad i don't have to stand there ;) cheers, alex -- alexander goller al...@vi... |
From: Hagen M. <h.m...@su...> - 2005-04-27 07:20:32
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, some words to 'why AS perl 5.8.1 can't be used' for ANI: There are some modules which will be included by means of cmdlines.txt. Some of the modules aren't compatibel with 5.8.6. And there are some issues with the ppm. It's mentioned on http://ani.sourceforge.net/installation.php?lang=en, that 5.6.1 should be used. May be it's worth to add a hint, that 5.8.1 currently doesn't work... _ Hagen |>> |>> - after some trouble with postwin.pl (coworker accidentially |>> copied perl-5.8.6 to ActiveP.msi instead of 5.6.1), postwin.pl |>> now executes |> |> What, perl-5.8.6 of Activestate doesn't work, but 5.6.1 does?? |> Argl. Did you have any output/logs when perl 5.8.6 failed? | | | Yes, it doesn't contain Win32::GUI anymore. At least it couldn't | find the module in the 5.8.6 msi. I couldn't find it in the ANI | files. So i guess it must have been part of AS perl. | | cheers, alex -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCbz0+J31vBDLS4wQRAksPAKCz2EWKnunQPU8dwc7UYtDOZJ5SaACfcYZn Rcb60dbqFyJXHsKswO7/0Xs= =2vtf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
From: Alex G. <al...@vi...> - 2005-04-26 19:04:43
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Hi Carsten, On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 04:46:22PM +0200, Carsten Lehmann wrote: > Could you find out if you use postwin.pl Version 1.4 or Version 1.5 > (diff against SF-sources) ? Version 1.5 is buggy, I will fix it today... > Don't know if this solves your problem, but it was the last change we > made... Ouch, i just have discovered it's only 1.3 or less. If that is true, then all the errors/problems i have encountered yet could be because i'm using the wrong version. I will interview my coworker tomorrow. I took the stuff over from a directory called ani-1.1.1, so i supposed i'm using the version which is tagged V1_1_1 in CVS. But otoh then i'd have version 1.4 of postwin.pl installed. Will send a report tomorrow, if this is true, i will stand in the corner for a while... cheers, alex -- alexander goller al...@vi... |
From: Alex G. <al...@vi...> - 2005-04-26 18:54:44
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Hi, On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 08:33:03PM +0200, Alexander Schuppisser wrote: > I'm interested in the description of Ani.pm, too. If it's on german or > english, I will put it online for others. OK? ok, it's just some stuff to understand what it's doing, will send that tomorrow. > >- after the interrupted transfers from the smb share i switched from > > cp to tar (in Ani.pm) for copying the files over. I receive no errors > > from > > copying anymore. Tradeoff: no update available anymore because tar > > simply doesn't care about that, my suggestion would be to use rsync > > or another cp version, but i still have to find out if that changes > > something (the userland is taken from SuSE, 7.1, right?) > >- the linux part of the installation finishes just fine > >- the winnt.exe installer starts in unattended mode and installs the > > OS just fine > >- after some trouble with postwin.pl (coworker accidentially copied > > perl-5.8.6 to ActiveP.msi instead of 5.6.1), postwin.pl now executes > > What, perl-5.8.6 of Activestate doesn't work, but 5.6.1 does?? Argl. Did > you have any output/logs when perl 5.8.6 failed? Yes, it doesn't contain Win32::GUI anymore. At least it couldn't find the module in the 5.8.6 msi. I couldn't find it in the ANI files. So i guess it must have been part of AS perl. cheers, alex -- alexander goller al...@vi... |
From: Alexander S. <a.s...@su...> - 2005-04-26 18:37:04
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Hi Simon, maybe it has to do with these settings in Ai386/ani/winset.tpl: ;deletes the locally stored roaming profile [addregkey delete_local_roaming_profiles] kroot=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE kpath=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon vname=DeleteRoamingCache value=1 vtype=REG_SZ Cheers Xa Simon Schwab schrieb: > hello all, > > since migtration to ANI i have the following problem: if a user logs on > a NT4 domain (win2k server), and has no phisical ethernet connection to > the server, the local profile is removed and temporary profile > (C:\Documents and Settings\temp) is beeing created and used. > > before, the user could still work on *his* local profile, if not > connected to network. > > thanks > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: New Crystal Reports XI. > Version 11 adds new functionality designed to reduce time involved in > creating, integrating, and deploying reporting solutions. Free runtime > info, > new features, or free trial, at: http://www.businessobjects.com/devxi/728 > _______________________________________________ > Ani-users mailing list > Ani...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ani-users -- ------------------------- Substring GmbH Tscharnerstrasse 39a CH-3007 Bern Tel. ++41 (0)31 382 51 12 Fax. ++41 (0)31 382 51 87 http://www.substring.ch SMS via http://www.substring.ch/sms.php?sendto=aschuppisser |
From: Alexander S. <a.s...@su...> - 2005-04-26 18:33:11
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Hi Alex, Alex Goller schrieb: > Hi, > > some status report on what i've done last week. > > - wrote some analysis of the jobs Ani.pm does in order to understand > what's going wrong, i can put that readme online if anybody is > interested I'm interested in the description of Ani.pm, too. If it's on german or english, I will put it online for others. OK? > - after the interrupted transfers from the smb share i switched from > cp to tar (in Ani.pm) for copying the files over. I receive no errors from > copying anymore. Tradeoff: no update available anymore because tar > simply doesn't care about that, my suggestion would be to use rsync > or another cp version, but i still have to find out if that changes > something (the userland is taken from SuSE, 7.1, right?) > - the linux part of the installation finishes just fine > - the winnt.exe installer starts in unattended mode and installs the > OS just fine > - after some trouble with postwin.pl (coworker accidentially copied > perl-5.8.6 to ActiveP.msi instead of 5.6.1), postwin.pl now executes What, perl-5.8.6 of Activestate doesn't work, but 5.6.1 does?? Argl. Did you have any output/logs when perl 5.8.6 failed? > - postwin.pl bails out with this error message: > > register script [cleanup.bat] to delete install folders:cannot open registry: at line 310. > register script [cleanup.bat] to delete install folders:cannot open registry: at line 310. > > SIG_HANDLER: failed to register startup script. > sub regStartup() failed. at C:\install\pwframe.pl line 137. > > window text: > >>>sub regStartup() failed. at C:\install\pwframe.pl line 137. > > > Haven't yet looked at the postwin part, maybe somebody encountered > that error before and can tell me what i can do to avoid that one. > > cheers, alex -- ------------------------- Substring GmbH Tscharnerstrasse 39a CH-3007 Bern Tel. ++41 (0)31 382 51 12 Fax. ++41 (0)31 382 51 87 http://www.substring.ch SMS via http://www.substring.ch/sms.php?sendto=aschuppisser |
From: Carsten L. <cal...@us...> - 2005-04-26 15:20:13
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Guers J=E9r=F4me wrote: > > I know quiet well the unattended installation, but I don't understand w= hy some files can be copy and unattend.udf cannot. Maybe, I have to add t= his file, but I don't know were. >=20 It's not a freeze.. On some hardware you have to wait a *really* long time, until=20 installation goes on. It's a bug in winnt.exe. See discussion list for=20 further details. Carsten |
From: Carsten L. <cal...@us...> - 2005-04-26 14:46:34
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Alex Goller wrote: > Hi, > > some status report on what i've done last week. > > - wrote some analysis of the jobs Ani.pm does in order to understand > what's going wrong, i can put that readme online if anybody is > interested yes I am.. .... > - after some trouble with postwin.pl (coworker accidentially copied > perl-5.8.6 to ActiveP.msi instead of 5.6.1), postwin.pl now executes > - postwin.pl bails out with this error message: > > register script [cleanup.bat] to delete install folders:cannot open registry: at line 310. > register script [cleanup.bat] to delete install folders:cannot open registry: at line 310. > > SIG_HANDLER: failed to register startup script. > sub regStartup() failed. at C:\install\pwframe.pl line 137. > > window text: > >>>sub regStartup() failed. at C:\install\pwframe.pl line 137. > > > Haven't yet looked at the postwin part, maybe somebody encountered > that error before and can tell me what i can do to avoid that one. > Could you find out if you use postwin.pl Version 1.4 or Version 1.5 (diff against SF-sources) ? Version 1.5 is buggy, I will fix it today... Don't know if this solves your problem, but it was the last change we made... Carsten |
From: <jg...@so...> - 2005-04-26 14:14:33
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Hi, =20 I'm using ANI for the first time. I have to do a Windows Deploiment = Server for my compagny and I would like to know if ANI is able to reply = to our need. I have unpacked ANI on a Windows 2003 Server share and added the Windows = source. I setuped privileges and DHCP options. I have made the boot = media. But, when I try to install my first computer, I get a problem during the = textmode of Windows installation. The client boots on the media, loads the linux kernel, takes an IP = address and mounts the share. Some file are transferred and the computer = reboot to start winnt.exe. Everything looks good, but, in the textmode, = when winnt.exe copy the files to $WINNT$.~LS, the system freeze during = the copy of unattend.udf. =20 I know quiet well the unattended installation, but I don't understand = why some files can be copy and unattend.udf cannot. Maybe, I have to add = this file, but I don't know were. Thanks to give me some hints J=E9r=F4me GUERS |
From: Alex G. <al...@vi...> - 2005-04-26 12:32:20
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> Hi, Sorry for sending this twice, seems lists.sf.net is quite slow in delivering mails, so i sent the message from yesterday afternoon again... cheers, alex -- alexander goller al...@vi... |
From: Alex G. <al...@vi...> - 2005-04-26 10:02:11
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Hi, some status report on what i've done last week. - wrote some analysis of the jobs Ani.pm does in order to understand what's going wrong, i can put that readme online if anybody is interested - after the interrupted transfers from the smb share i switched from cp to tar (in Ani.pm) for copying the files over. I receive no errors from copying anymore. Tradeoff: no update available anymore because tar simply doesn't care about that, my suggestion would be to use rsync or another cp version, but i still have to find out if that changes something (the userland is taken from SuSE, 7.1, right?) - the linux part of the installation finishes just fine - the winnt.exe installer starts in unattended mode and installs the OS just fine - after some trouble with postwin.pl (coworker accidentially copied perl-5.8.6 to ActiveP.msi instead of 5.6.1), postwin.pl now executes - postwin.pl bails out with this error message: register script [cleanup.bat] to delete install folders:cannot open registry: at line 310. register script [cleanup.bat] to delete install folders:cannot open registry: at line 310. SIG_HANDLER: failed to register startup script. sub regStartup() failed. at C:\install\pwframe.pl line 137. window text: >> sub regStartup() failed. at C:\install\pwframe.pl line 137. Haven't yet looked at the postwin part, maybe somebody encountered that error before and can tell me what i can do to avoid that one. cheers, alex -- alexander goller al...@vi... |
From: Alex G. <al...@vi...> - 2005-04-25 12:28:09
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Hi, some status report on what i've done last week. - wrote some analysis of the jobs Ani.pm does in order to understand what's going wrong, i can put that readme online if anybody is interested - after the interrupted transfers from the smb share i switched from cp to tar (in Ani.pm) for copying the files over. I receive no errors from copying anymore. Tradeoff: no update available anymore because tar simply doesn't care about that, my suggestion would be to use rsync or another cp version, but i still have to find out if that changes something (the userland is taken from SuSE, 7.1, right?) - the linux part of the installation finishes just fine - the winnt.exe installer starts in unattended mode and installs the OS just fine - after some trouble with postwin.pl (coworker accidentially copied perl-5.8.6 to ActiveP.msi instead of 5.6.1), postwin.pl now executes - postwin.pl bails out with this error message: register script [cleanup.bat] to delete install folders:cannot open registry: at line 310. register script [cleanup.bat] to delete install folders:cannot open registry: at line 310. SIG_HANDLER: failed to register startup script. sub regStartup() failed. at C:\install\pwframe.pl line 137. window text: >> sub regStartup() failed. at C:\install\pwframe.pl line 137. Haven't yet looked at the postwin part, maybe somebody encountered that error before and can tell me what i can do to avoid that one. cheers, alex -- alexander goller al...@vi... |
From: Simon S. <sc...@st...> - 2005-04-21 10:18:09
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hello all, since migtration to ANI i have the following problem: if a user logs on a NT4 domain (win2k server), and has no phisical ethernet connection to the server, the local profile is removed and temporary profile (C:\Documents and Settings\temp) is beeing created and used. before, the user could still work on *his* local profile, if not connected to network. thanks |
From: Till W. <t.w...@su...> - 2005-04-15 10:45:42
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Alex Goller schrieb: >On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 03:58:17PM +0200, Till Wimmer wrote: > > > >>Have a look in /ani.log. Maybe there is a more verbose error message >>from the cp command... >> >> > >Ok, cp is setting errno $! and the exit code $? ($! = "Illegal seek", >$? = 256). That's all information i get. > > Did you find the ani.log file? It should contain the output from cp command, not the one of the perl script. Did you try to copy the share by hand? Maybe you find the reason for your troubles by that way... >One thing i found interesting is the smbfs bug you're mentioning in >the sourcecode of Ani.pm, could this cause the sort of problems i have? > > No i don't think so. The bug makes files on the mouted samba share disapear sometimes. Cp hasn't any problem with this, but winnt.exe does ;) Yes it's a awful thing.... (It's a bug in the smbfs-part of the kernel concerning the caching of the directory listing. It only appears when share with huge directories are mounted. I tried to fix this some years ago but i gave up because of bad cooperation between the samba and kernel team. Maybe that's different today?!) >(i found out that it happens when using my scsi box with a MPT Fusion >controller as well as a Fujitsu Siemens Celsius workstation with SATA >disks, 2.4.30 should handle those fine and probes the controller and >disks as ICH5-SATA, so i think this is not a SATA problem). >I still can't copy all the files over. Will provide a more verbose log >later or tomorrow. > > Yes please... We are very interested in that! >Another thing was pretty crazy this morning. I have changed file in >manix.bz2 and repacked the archive with tar cjvf manix.bz2 ><mymanixfiles>. The tar on the installroot couldn't create the block >and character devices in /mnt/tmp/dev, so the chroot failed >(prepare.sh). I wasn't aware of such tar incompatibilities and i still >need to find a tar that's working. Right now i'm copying the devices >over to the new root. > > I'm using tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25 at the moment without any problems. Does tar need some kernel headers to compile (file system or something)? Maybe there is some incompatibility... bg Till -- Where do you want to go today? - ANIwhere! http://ani.sourceforge.net |
From: Carsten L. <cal...@us...> - 2005-04-15 09:58:09
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Alex Goller wrote: > I have also written a bunch of Makefiles to assemble initrd_pxe, > filesys.bz2, modules.bz2, manix.bz2 from a set of directories, write > those files to an output directory and copy them over to the SMB > share, tftproot. They're quite generic so i guess other people could > use that too. if anyone is interested i can put the stuff on a > webserver. Could you send them to me ? Maybe we should place them on sourceforge ... Carsten |
From: Alex G. <al...@vi...> - 2005-04-15 09:45:27
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Hi Hagen, On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 06:14:27PM +0200, Alex Goller wrote: > > You have to logon as root if you want to repack the archive. Otherwise the > > block devices can't be created. > > Of course i was doing this as root. I can send you the modified > manix.bz2 file and you can try if your prepare.sh on a box of yours > can unpack that archive, i assume prepare.sh runs as uid 0. > I was using gnu tar on Debian/testing. I have verified that this is a tar problem. I tried busybox tar for a start and the devices in dev/ get unpacked. I will try other tar versions (FreeBSD, IRIX, AIX) to see if any of those shows similar behaviour. I have also written a bunch of Makefiles to assemble initrd_pxe, filesys.bz2, modules.bz2, manix.bz2 from a set of directories, write those files to an output directory and copy them over to the SMB share, tftproot. They're quite generic so i guess other people could use that too. if anyone is interested i can put the stuff on a webserver. cheers, alex -- alexander goller al...@vi... |
From: Alex G. <al...@vi...> - 2005-04-14 16:14:30
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On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 06:10:40PM +0200, h.m...@su... wrote: > > > > Another thing was pretty crazy this morning. I have changed file in > > manix.bz2 and repacked the archive with tar cjvf manix.bz2 > > <mymanixfiles>. The tar on the installroot couldn't create the block > > and character devices in /mnt/tmp/dev, so the chroot failed > > (prepare.sh). I wasn't aware of such tar incompatibilities and i still > > need to find a tar that's working. Right now i'm copying the devices > > over to the new root. > > You have to logon as root if you want to repack the archive. Otherwise the > block devices can't be created. Of course i was doing this as root. I can send you the modified manix.bz2 file and you can try if your prepare.sh on a box of yours can unpack that archive, i assume prepare.sh runs as uid 0. I was using gnu tar on Debian/testing. cheers, alex -- alexander goller al...@vi... |
From: <h.m...@su...> - 2005-04-14 16:10:56
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> > Another thing was pretty crazy this morning. I have changed file in > manix.bz2 and repacked the archive with tar cjvf manix.bz2 > <mymanixfiles>. The tar on the installroot couldn't create the block > and character devices in /mnt/tmp/dev, so the chroot failed > (prepare.sh). I wasn't aware of such tar incompatibilities and i still > need to find a tar that's working. Right now i'm copying the devices > over to the new root. You have to logon as root if you want to repack the archive. Otherwise the block devices can't be created. -- hagen |
From: Alex G. <al...@vi...> - 2005-04-14 14:56:29
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On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 03:58:17PM +0200, Till Wimmer wrote: > Can you say for sure that the partitons are correctly mounted when > Ani.pm starts to copy the files? Ok, the partitions are mounted as msdos filesystems, /mnt/img is having enough space. > What does the /mnt/tmp look like after Ani.pm failed? Is there enough > space on the concerning partition? > Have a look in /ani.log. Maybe there is a more verbose error message > from the cp command... Ok, cp is setting errno $! and the exit code $? ($! = "Illegal seek", $? = 256). That's all information i get. One thing i found interesting is the smbfs bug you're mentioning in the sourcecode of Ani.pm, could this cause the sort of problems i have? (i found out that it happens when using my scsi box with a MPT Fusion controller as well as a Fujitsu Siemens Celsius workstation with SATA disks, 2.4.30 should handle those fine and probes the controller and disks as ICH5-SATA, so i think this is not a SATA problem). I still can't copy all the files over. Will provide a more verbose log later or tomorrow. Another thing was pretty crazy this morning. I have changed file in manix.bz2 and repacked the archive with tar cjvf manix.bz2 <mymanixfiles>. The tar on the installroot couldn't create the block and character devices in /mnt/tmp/dev, so the chroot failed (prepare.sh). I wasn't aware of such tar incompatibilities and i still need to find a tar that's working. Right now i'm copying the devices over to the new root. cheers, alex -- alexander goller al...@vi... |
From: <h.m...@su...> - 2005-04-13 14:02:50
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I agree with Xa: Normally the illegal seek message occurs, if a file on the installation share is opened by another application, e.g. if runinst.tpl is still opened by vi... -- hagen > On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 05:18:52PM +0200, Thomas Seiler wrote: >> > Is the ANI kernel patched in any way in order to work or is it an >> > vanilla kernel? >> >> As far as I can tell its vanilla 2.4.25. the original .config is >> available here: >> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/ani/W2K/sources/AniInst/vmlinuz-= FD/ >> >> > I can do tests, sure. My problem is that i have a LSI logic controll= er >> > and drives won't get recognized at all at boot time. >> Autsch, so you need to compile a custom kernel. > > I compiled a 2.4.30 kernel and i am successfully booting that from > pxe. I have encountered some problems with ANI's autoprobe command > which doesn't seem to work on 2.4.30 anymore. I had a look in the > sources, but had not time for further debugging. Autoprobe outputs > nothing when i point it to my /lib/modules/2.4.30/modules.pcimap (this > could be my fault because i may not have followed all conventions or > assumptions autoprobe makes). > So instead of autoprobing i have hardcoded probing for the networks > cards we use into /linuxrc. > Mounting the samba share works fine, the files get transferred, but i > still get the error message of my original post (illegal seek) at some > point. > I will now try to turn on debugging in the main installer and Ani.pm, > in order to get more details when or at which point the error occurs. > > cheers, alex > -- > alexander goller al...@vi... > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3D6595&alloc_id=3D14396&op=3Dclick > _______________________________________________ > Ani-users mailing list > Ani...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ani-users > --=20 Hagen M=FCnch ------------------------- Substring GmbH Tscharnerstrasse 39a CH-3007 Bern Tel. +41 (0)31 382 51 12 Fax. +41 (0)31 382 51 87 http://www.substring.ch SMS via http://www.substring.ch/sms.php?sendto=3Dhmuench |
From: Till W. <t.w...@su...> - 2005-04-13 13:58:37
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Hi Alex Alex Goller schrieb: > >I compiled a 2.4.30 kernel and i am successfully booting that from >pxe. I have encountered some problems with ANI's autoprobe command >which doesn't seem to work on 2.4.30 anymore. I had a look in the >sources, but had not time for further debugging. Autoprobe outputs >nothing when i point it to my /lib/modules/2.4.30/modules.pcimap (this >could be my fault because i may not have followed all conventions or >assumptions autoprobe makes). >So instead of autoprobing i have hardcoded probing for the networks >cards we use into /linuxrc. > > Autoprobe maybe does not work when you have verbose pci info enabled. Autoprobe parses /proc/pci and it can only handle the non-textual format of this file. Another reason could be that the format of /proc/pci has changed in 2.4.30 but this is rather implausible. >Mounting the samba share works fine, the files get transferred, but i >still get the error message of my original post (illegal seek) at some >point. > > Can you say for sure that the partitons are correctly mounted when Ani.pm starts to copy the files? What does the /mnt/tmp look like after Ani.pm failed? Is there enough space on the concerning partition? Have a look in /ani.log. Maybe there is a more verbose error message from the cp command... Good luck Till -- Where do you want to go today? - ANIwhere! http://ani.sourceforge.net |
From: Alex G. <al...@vi...> - 2005-04-13 09:01:41
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On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 05:18:52PM +0200, Thomas Seiler wrote: > > Is the ANI kernel patched in any way in order to work or is it an > > vanilla kernel? > > As far as I can tell its vanilla 2.4.25. the original .config is > available here: > http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/ani/W2K/sources/AniInst/vmlinuz-FD/ > > > I can do tests, sure. My problem is that i have a LSI logic controller > > and drives won't get recognized at all at boot time. > Autsch, so you need to compile a custom kernel. I compiled a 2.4.30 kernel and i am successfully booting that from pxe. I have encountered some problems with ANI's autoprobe command which doesn't seem to work on 2.4.30 anymore. I had a look in the sources, but had not time for further debugging. Autoprobe outputs nothing when i point it to my /lib/modules/2.4.30/modules.pcimap (this could be my fault because i may not have followed all conventions or assumptions autoprobe makes). So instead of autoprobing i have hardcoded probing for the networks cards we use into /linuxrc. Mounting the samba share works fine, the files get transferred, but i still get the error message of my original post (illegal seek) at some point. I will now try to turn on debugging in the main installer and Ani.pm, in order to get more details when or at which point the error occurs. cheers, alex -- alexander goller al...@vi... |
From: Alexander S. <a.s...@su...> - 2005-04-11 22:01:01
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Hi Alex, Just some observation, don't think it is the case with you, but nevertheless... If this "illegal seek" stuff happens while having already copied some files, it mostly has todo with windows encountring some strange files - like a backup of files being edited with vi or some other file which has a name diffrent from the 8.3-DOS-format (8 letter +9 dot + 3 letters suffix) like a .bashr or whatever :-). BIOS-settings: look also for other silly description of IDE-emulation of SATA drive in the BIOS. We have successfully installed some DELL machines with SATA-drives, after having enabled this, but it was called: "compatibility with old operating systems" or something like that. Xa Alex Goller wrote: > Hi Till, > > thanks for the quick response, i will check if ide emulation is > available. > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 04:12:14PM +0200, Till Wimmer wrote: > >>Oh yes it does! SATA is not yet supported :( We will change this with >>the next kernel update. If you're lucky, your BIOS offers an IDE >>emulation mode... > > The other workstations we want to install have SCSI drives, and i have > the same issues than somebody else had with the hardcoded drive hda in > /etc/ani.cfg in the pxelinux image :) > > cheers, alex |