From: Pierre B. <pie...@un...> - 2014-04-04 13:24:23
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Hello, I have not thought that I could install an old kernel and update the drivers. It works for me. Regards. Le 13/03/2014 08:54, Pierre BLONDEAU a écrit : > Ok, > > I understand, no problem. > > Why did you not use an existent live system ( like systemrescuecd ) with > some simple customization to be able to run master script ? It's just to > know if there is a technical reason and not waste time trying. > > Regards > > Le 12/03/2014 19:24, LAHAYE Olivier a écrit : >> >> Ok, the good news is that you can boot. >> >> The initrd generation in systemimager is broken since the beginning as >> it assumes that the kernel includes from the build OS have the same >> structures as the includes shipped with the kernel that is built for >> the initrd. In the past, that was the case, most supported distros >> were using kernel-2.6, unfortunately, now we have distros that still >> use kernel-2.6 (rhel-6) and distros that uses kernel 3.X (fedora-17+, >> ...) and thus it becomes a problem when building things like lvn that >> uses kernel structure. They uses the build OS structure, but runs on >> the psecific kernel that has different structures from the build OS. >> Thus lvn have problems (crash, freezes, ...). >> I did my best to patch the initrd component build to use as much as I >> can the most relevant includes, but there are some cases where it is >> not possible unfortunately. >> >> I'm working on a full rewrite of the initrd template generation by >> using dracut. >> >> Using dractu would remove the need to use kernels that are different >> from the build os while keeping the advantage to support latest >> hardwares. The build time would be greatly reduced (no need to build a >> kernel and many components. The build would be reduced to specific >> components like bittorent client and a few other things. More over, >> the libs, kernel structures and binaries would be in siync each >> together, thus far more stable. >> >> I've started testing and I'm able to build a next-gen initrd, but I'm >> still unable to boot it normally as it uses systemd and I haven't yet >> written the logic for that (easy). >> >> I'm currently extremely buzy at preparing an OSCAR Cluster release for >> rhel6. Then I'l concentrate on fixing systemImager initrd template. I >> hope to have somethign ready before summer. >> >> Best regards. >> -- >> Olivier LAHAYE >> CEA DRT/LIST/DIR >> >> ________________________________________ >> De : Pierre BLONDEAU [pie...@un...] >> Envoyé : mercredi 12 mars 2014 18:50 >> À : sis...@li... >> Objet : Re: [sisuite-users] Kernel panic on boot on DELL R720 >> >> Hello, >> >> I made some others test. A Debian wheezy 64bits netinstall or an Ubuntu >> 12.04 LTS 64 bits netinstall work fine. For me a >> >> I take the default Debian kernel and initrd from the installation and i >> use it with PXE. The process stop when the init process try to find root >> partition. All is OK because i haven't changed the PXE cmdline to boot >> normally. >> >> So, I tried to take this kernel and one initrd created by >> si_prepareclient on this fresh installation. I have exactly the same >> problem of /init not found. >> >> I think the problem, is in the generating of the initrd but i don't know >> how to debug it. >> >> I have updated the BIOS. >> >> Have you an other idea ? >> >> Regards >> >> Le 11/03/2014 10:00, LAHAYE Olivier a écrit : >>> >>> Then I would try rhel6 netinstall or fedora20 netinstall >>> the rhel6 kernel is often well tested by DELL. >>> >>> I would also try t-o install latest BIOS. >>> >>> As a last resort I would call DEeLL support, maybe you have an >>> hardware bug, or maybe a BIOS config bug that is listed in a >>> knowledge base. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Olivier. >>> >>> -- >>> Olivier LAHAYE >>> CEA DRT/LIST/DIR >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> De : Pierre BLONDEAU [pie...@un...] >>> Envoyé : lundi 10 mars 2014 19:09 >>> À : sis...@li... >>> Objet : Re: [sisuite-users] Kernel panic on boot on DELL R720 >>> >>> Le 10/03/2014 11:39, Pierre BLONDEAU a écrit : >>>> Hy, >>>> >>>> Thank you for the answer. >>>> >>>> The ubuntu's server kernel point to linux-image-3.2.0-60-generic, i >>>> have >>>> tried it ( and double check now to be sure ). >>>> >>>> I see in the page that i must use a kernel at least 3.8 for Intel's >>>> E5-2600v2 precessor. But i have aslo tried >>>> linux-image-generic-lts-raring -> 3.8.0.37.37 and >>>> linux-image-generic-lts-saucy -> 3.11.0.18.17 . >>>> >>>> Did you say i should try the installer kernel ( from the netinst ) as >>>> pxe kernel ? >>> >>> Hy, >>> >>> I have tried with the netinstall kernel and i have the same kernel panic >>> less the call trace: >>> >>> Freeing unused kernel memory : 836k (....) >>> Failed to execute /init >>> Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to >>> kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance. >>> >>> Have you a other idea ? >>> >>> Regards >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Le 10/03/2014 10:07, LAHAYE Olivier a écrit : >>>>> I would suggest to use this release for the deployment server: >>>>> http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201205-10987/ and the >>>>> enable use your own kernel. This may help. >>>>> >>>>> Best regards. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Olivier LAHAYE >>>>> CEA DRT/LIST/DIR >>>>> >>>>> ________________________________________ >>>>> De : Pierre BLONDEAU [pie...@un...] >>>>> Envoyé : vendredi 7 mars 2014 17:24 >>>>> À : sis...@li... >>>>> Objet : [sisuite-users] Kernel panic on boot on DELL R720 >>>>> >>>>> Good After Noon, >>>>> >>>>> We recently purchased a DELL R720. >>>>> >>>>> Network cards in this machine are too recent for our old kernel. >>>>> It's a >>>>> personalise ubuntu 2.6.32 with maximum of module. We had compiled the >>>>> version 1.6.2 of the e1000e driver's . This version is too old for our >>>>> machine. This kernel boot correctly, but the installation plant during >>>>> the network configuration. >>>>> >>>>> So we tried with kernels 3.X after have patched si_prepareclient. >>>>> >>>>> We tested a lot of combinations: >>>>> - Kernel : 3.2, 3.8 and 3.11 ( lts ubuntu ) >>>>> - si_prepareclient patched by us or that present in the 4.3 >>>>> beta on >>>>> http://svn.oscar.openclustergroup.org/repos/unstable/ >>>>> >>>>> We also tried the kernel and initrd provided by >>>>> systemimager-boot-amd64-standard: >>>>> - 4.1.99.svn4556yaubert -> >>>>> http://download.systemimager.org/debian/pool/main/s/systemimager/ >>>>> - 4.3 -> >>>>> http://svn.oscar.openclustergroup.org/repos/unstable/debian-7-x86_64/Early >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> At the begining, we have a kernel panic that looks like: >>>>> Freeing unused kernel memory: 532k freed >>>>> Failed to execute /init >>>>> Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to >>>>> kernel. >>>>> See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance. >>>>> Pid: 1, comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.7.5-boel_v4.3.0 #1 >>>>> Call Trace: >>>>> [<ffffffff8134bbb1>] panic+0xb6/0x1b5 >>>>> [<ffffffff81340640>] ? rest_init+0x70/0x70 >>>>> [<ffffffff81340736>] kernel_init+0xf6/0x100 >>>>> [<ffffffff8135192c>] ret_form_fork+0x7c/0xb0 >>>>> [<ffffffff81340640>] ? rest_init+0x70/0x70 >>>>> >>>>> We tried disabling a maximum of kernel's arguments and increase the >>>>> size >>>>> of ramdisk in PXE's command line but it does not change : >>>>> LABEL systemimager >>>>> KERNEL u64/new/kernel >>>>> APPEND initrd=u64/new/initrd.img root=/dev/ram >>>>> ramdisk_size=1000000 >>>>> >>>>> Do you have an idea ? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ---------------------------------------------- >>>>> Pierre BLONDEAU >>>>> Administrateur Systèmes & réseaux >>>>> Université de Caen >>>>> Laboratoire GREYC, Département d'informatique >>>>> >>>>> tel : 02 31 56 75 42 >>>>> bureau : Campus 2, Science 3, 406 >>>>> ---------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book >>>>> "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and >>>>> their >>>>> applications. 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Download your free book today! >>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> sisuite-users mailing list >>>> sis...@li... >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ---------------------------------------------- >>> Pierre BLONDEAU >>> Administrateur Systèmes & réseaux >>> Université de Caen >>> Laboratoire GREYC, Département d'informatique >>> >>> tel : 02 31 56 75 42 >>> bureau : Campus 2, Science 3, 406 >>> ---------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book >>> "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and >>> their >>> applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, >>> this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sisuite-users mailing list >>> sis...@li... >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users >>> >> >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------- >> Pierre BLONDEAU >> Administrateur Systèmes & réseaux >> Université de Caen >> Laboratoire GREYC, Département d'informatique >> >> tel : 02 31 56 75 42 >> bureau : Campus 2, Science 3, 406 >> ---------------------------------------------- >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book >> "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and >> their >> applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, >> this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech >> _______________________________________________ >> sisuite-users mailing list >> sis...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their > applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, > this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech > > > > _______________________________________________ > sisuite-users mailing list > sis...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users > -- ---------------------------------------------- Pierre BLONDEAU Administrateur Systèmes & réseaux Université de Caen Laboratoire GREYC, Département d'informatique tel : 02 31 56 75 42 bureau : Campus 2, Science 3, 406 ---------------------------------------------- |