RE: [Oscar-users] newby question: image creation failed

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[I am cc:ing back to oscar-users so other users can gain knowledge from
this issue]

For 1), it is not necessary to make the directory /var/lib/systemimager,
it should be created for you automatically.

I suggest you start over with a clean installation, it might help
troubleshoot better.

To do this, go to /opt/oscar/scripts

execute the start_over script:

% ./start_over

Exit the current shell and re-run ./install_cluster from /opt/oscar

Hopefully this time it will work out.  Let me know how it goes.

P.S. Why do you need to run step 4 six times?  Was it because of the
'partitioning' file issue from before?

Cheers,

Bernard=20

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susanne Hemker [mailto:she...@jh...]=20
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 13:55
> To: Bernard Li
> Subject: RE: [Oscar-users] newby question: image creation failed
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> Hi Bernard,
> so here is what I did:
> 1) made directories /tftpboot/rpm and /var/lib/systemimager=20
> 2)copied my rpms to /tftpoot/rpm 3)unpacked, configured and=20
> installed Oscar 4)changed my hosts.allow and sshd_config,=20
> checked dif both eth0 and
> eth1 are up
> 5)made my partitioning file
> 6) did the ./install_cluster eth1
> 7) did the steps 0-3 without problems
> 8) did step 4 six times before the image creation worked To=20
> do this I close the Installation Wizard and redid steps 0-3,=20
> also I treid to delet the failed images, so this might have=20
> caused the trouble.
> 9) tried to build the client image which failed Any suggestions?
> And, is ther a way to get rid of the misshaped oscarimages 1 to 5?
> Thanks,
> Susanne
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> >>> Bernard Li <bl...@bc...> 10/21/04 04:39PM >>>
> Hi Susanne:
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> If your cluster is in secure network space, then it may not=20
> be necessary to have pfilter/iptables, but if you are not, I=20
> would just leave things as is.  Any reason why you choose not=20
> to install pfilter?
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> The error message doesn't seem to have anything to do with=20
> pfilter, it seems that /etc/c3.conf does not exist...
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> Which step are you at?  If seems to me that you have executed=20
> the steps out of order?  Perhaps you can list the steps you=20
> have gone through so far...
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> Cheers,
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> Bernard=20
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Susanne Hemker [mailto:she...@jh...]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 13:35
> > To: Bernard Li
> > Subject: RE: [Oscar-users] newby question: image creation failed
> >=20
> > Hi Bernard,
> > yes, it was as easy as that. But now I have run into another
> problem.
> > The installation guide says that iptables should be included in the=20
> > rpm-list if pfilter is not installed. When I try to add the=20
> clients I=20
> > get the following:
> > --> About to run /opt/oscar/packages/opium/scripts/post_install for
> > opium
> > error opening file:  /etc/c3.conf
> > error opening file:  /etc/c3.conf
> > error opening file:  /etc/c3.conf
> > error opening file:  /etc/c3.conf
> > --> About to run
> > /opt/oscar/packages/ntpconfig/scripts/post_install for=20
> ntpconfig error=20
> > opening file:  /etc/c3.conf
> > --> About to run /opt/oscar/packages/loghost/scripts/post_install
> for
> > loghost
> > error opening file:  /etc/c3.conf
> > Cluster setup complete!
> > Executing post_clients phase
> > No ipchains on this computer
> > No modification to do for ipchains
> > Couldn't push hosts file to images at ./post_clients line 33
> >=20
> > Do I have to install ipchains instead of iptables?
> > Thanks,
> > Susanne
> >=20
> > >>> Bernard Li <bl...@bc...> 10/21/04 03:54PM >>>
> > Hi Susanne:
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> > Is the partitioning file 'partitioning' stored in=20
> > /opt/oscar/oscarsamples?  Perhaps it is stored somewhere=20
> else and the=20
> > script could not find it?
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> > Cheers,
> >=20
> > Bernard
> >=20
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: osc...@li...
> > > [mailto:osc...@li...] On Behalf
> > Of Susanne
> > > Hemker
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 11:55
> > > To: osc...@li...
> > > Subject: [Oscar-users] newby question: image creation failed
> > >=20
> > > Hi everyone,
> > > I am trying to install Oscar 3.0 on  RedHat 9, Kernel version:
> > > 2.4.20-19.9smp. I created a disk partition file and the
> > image buidling
> > > started fine but failed. Oscar claimed it couldn't find the file.
> > > Could anybody tell me what I might have done wrong?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Susanne
> > >=20
> > > Heres the last part of the output:
> > > 275: 2004-9-21 14:32:20 [main :: Line 190] Updating database.
> > > Built image from rpms
> > > Partition file, /opt/oscar/oscarsamples/partitioning, not=20
> found! at
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> > > /usr/bin/mksidisk line 95 Couldn't run command mksidisk -A --name=20
> > > oscarimage --file /opt/oscar/oscarsamples/partitioning at=20
> > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Tk.pm
> > > line 228 Use of uninitialized value in -d at=20
> > > /usr/lib/systeminstaller/SystemInstaller/Tk/Common.pm line 47.
> > > Tk::Error: fileparse(): need a valid pathname at=20
> > > /usr/lib/systeminstaller/SystemInstaller/Tk/Common.pm line 50=20
> > > [\&SystemInstaller::Tk::Common::selector2entry,\undef,{}]
> > >  Tk callback for .toplevel.button4
> > >  Tk::__ANON__ at
> > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Tk.pm
> > > line 228  Tk::Button::butUp at
> > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Tk/Butt
> > > on.pm line
> > > 111
> > >  (command bound to event)
> > > Use of uninitialized value in -d at
> > > /usr/lib/systeminstaller/SystemInstaller/Tk/Common.pm line 47.
> > > Tk::Error: fileparse(): need a valid pathname at=20
> > > /usr/lib/systeminstaller/SystemInstaller/Tk/Common.pm line 50=20
> > > [\&SystemInstaller::Tk::Common::selector2entry,\undef,{}]
> > >  Tk callback for .toplevel.button4
> > >  Tk::__ANON__ at
> > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Tk.pm
> > > line 228  Tk::Button::butUp at
> > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Tk/Butt
> > > on.pm line
> > > 111
> > >  (command bound to event)
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