Re: [Drbl-user] NIC Booting problem

[msacks <nt...@gm...>]

On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
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> On 01/12/2011 05:13 AM, msacks wrote:
>> I performed this and it ran of inodes (see my previous thread today).
>> I am going to try re-pushing with less provisioned clients, so the
>> inodes don't run out and DRBLpush goes through smoothly. I tried
>> booting the system after installing the nic drivers but it doesn't
>> look like it worked.
> Is your DRBL clients use the same kernel with that on your DRBL server?
> If not, to force your clients to use the same kernel,  you can run:
> /opt/drbl/sbin/mknic-nbi  -k `uname -r`
> Then the kernel for your clients should be the same with that on the server.
>

The clients have the same kernel version because its running SSI mode
(I believe).


I re-pushed DRBL after compiling in the kernel drivers. I also added
aliases to the tg3 and bnx2 drivers as was suggested by the build
documents accompanying the drivers.


So I ran drblpush -i and the system boots the version of Linux on the
host which is great news.

The only problem now is I passed the --keep_clients option Yes and I
lost the custom configuration of my original configuration. The
original configuration added a custom script to sshd startup on the
drbl clients so it gets run every time a client boots.

Thanks for the help.




> Steven.
>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:36 AM, msacks<nt...@gm...>  wrote:
>>> Because I have custom scripts that get run in a non-standard location,
>>> I plan to use DRBL SSI mode.
>>> I want to make sure that the only thing that changes is that the new
>>> kernel module gets included, I'm not sure if clonezilla will work with
>>> my custom NIC drivers, and I would need to create a new clonezilla
>>> image if I am not mistaken.
>>>
>>> I am going to run the following steps, but wanted to run them by the
>>> list to make sure I'm not making any mistake.
>>>
>>> 1) Take backup
>>> 2) I am going to upgrade to DRBL unstable: drbl-1.9.8-18.i386.rpm by
>>> running rpm -U drbl-1.9.8-18.i386.rpm
>>> 3) Install HP NIC Driver
>>> 4) I am going to run ./drblpush -i /etc/drbl/drblpush.conf using this
>>> config file: http://pastie.org/1445886
>>>
>>> Please confirm if these actions are correct to maintain my existing
>>> configuration, while only updating the kernel modules (NIC drivers)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Steven Shiau<st...@nc...>  wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On 2010/12/30 上午 03:02, msacks wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 3:13 AM, Steven Shiau<st...@nc...>    wrote:
>>>>>> You might have to compile the driver.
>>>>>> Or you can try this method, it's easier:
>>>>>> http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-server-edition/use_clonezilla_live_in_drbl.php
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's recommended to use the unstable DRBL, and uses Clonezilla live
>>>>>> 20101223-maverick as the client's OS when running Clonezilla SE.
>>>>> Thanks Steven. How can I check my existing boot method. I know right
>>>>> now it's using the host OS using DRBL SSI (Single System Image) but
>>>>> how might I check this?
>>>> There is a config file in /etc/drbl/drblpush.conf, you can find the
>>>> "clonezilla_mode" or "drbl_mode".
>>>>> Will simply upgrading the DRBL version will fix this problem?
>>>> Not really. The problem is on the kernel. Right now in your mode the
>>>> clients are using the kernel from the server, so you might have to
>>>> compile the kernel module on the server then run drblpush again. You can
>>>> find some descriptions about this on the DRBL FAQ/Q&A webpage.
>>>>> If I use CloneZilla live, I have some custom scripts that get executed
>>>>> on the clients booting, do I have to do something to make sure they
>>>>> get included if I switch to the CloneZilla OS?
>>>> You still can do that, but it's a little different. You can refer to the
>>>> notes on
>>>> http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-server-edition/use_clonezilla_live_in_drbl.php
>>> This link appears to 404.
>>>
>>>> Steven.
>>>>>> Steven.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2010/12/29 上午 05:53, msacks wrote:
>>>>>>> I am booting an HP system (Proliant BL460 -
>>>>>>> http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/en/WF06a/3709945-3709945-3328410-241641-3328419-1842750.html
>>>>>>> ) which has an HP NIC Driver: NC373i.
>>>>>>> Is this something I should take up with HP or is there something else
>>>>>>> I can do to work around the issue in DRBL?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The error message is
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> usb 6-1: Product: Virtual Keyboard
>>>>>>> usb 6-1: Manufacturer: HP
>>>>>>> The detected modules for hardware: lpfc cciss. Try to load them....
>>>>>>> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>>>>>>> The driver of the network card is NOT found!
>>>>>>> Is this kernel 2.6.27.19-5-pae too old so it does not support this nic?
>>>>>>> Without network card driver, we can NOT go on!
>>>>>>> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>>>>>>> Now enter shell to debug
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Busybox v.1.13.4 (2009-04-22 09:56:32 CST) build-in shell (ash)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> .and it goes on into buysbox and fails there.
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