[SCore-users-jp] [SCore-users] Some probs when installing IBM HS20 Blades (Bladecenter) Linux Re dHat 7.3 engl.

[André Motzkus]

> Hi,
> 
first of all many thanx to Rene Storm, Martin Newiger and Kameyama
Toyohisa
for the quick response.

I´ve tried to make a special boot floppy by using
the doc´s about "Making EIT-Bootfloppy for unsupported NIC´s"

So i include different bcm5700.o and t3.o Modules in the initrd.img
But unfortunately without success!

The IBM HS20 Bladecenter stops everytime with the message:

"No dhcp server specified. Used broadcast
SIOCSIFADDR: no such device
try it again
SIOCSIFADDR: no such device
try it again
SIOCSIFADDR: no such device
try it again
Configure network fails
NFS mount: /mnt/runtime
cannot mount
exiting
See the documentation for this trouble"

So i consult an IBM technican, he told me that the Bladecenter are using
usb-architecture
for floppy and CD-Rom Support.
Maybe the is the problem, why bootdisk hangs up?

But i´ve no hope to create a well-working bootfloppy for the bladecenter
:o( .

So i search for an alternative clusternode-boot opportunity by using
EIT.

Have anybody an idea, how i can boot and connect to EIT-working
Master-Server
in any different way (than using boot floppy)?

Can i configure the PXE function on "Broadcom BCM 5703 Tiga 3" NIC´s
working on Blades ?

Or maybe can i create an Bootpartition on the Blades IDE-HDD´s  (using
syslinux)?
How should i modify the initrd.img?

And (worst case workaround), if i install RedHat 7.3 native on every of
the 42 Blades - maybe i can than 
connect to EIT-working Master-Server for taking rigth IP-address and the
right Score-image? And 
what must i modify ?

Last but not least...
Has anybody some experiences with Score 5.4.0 (Kernel 2.4.19), ´cause 
my RedHat Linux has 2.4.18-3 .
Can i built modules in Score Kernel by getting out of my RH 7.3?

Thanxx a lot for every kind of response !!!!!

Andre













> i join your Score 5.4.0 by using the EIT.
> (I was creating the boot floppy (using Read Hat 7.3).
> When i come to the point for Installing the cluster hosts,
> i´ve got some trouble.
> 
> when i was trying to boot the first HS20 Blade, it stops with 
> the following message:
> 
> "No dhcp server specified. Used broadcast
> SIOCSIFADDR: no such device
> try it again
> SIOCSIFADDR: no such device
> try it again
> SIOCSIFADDR: no such device
> try it again
> Configure network fails
> NFS mount: /mnt/runtime
> cannot mount
> exiting
> See the documentation for this trouble"
> 
> What could it be?
> 
> I´ve used the GigEthernet-Driver(e1000, bcm5700)
> (the Blades have a Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Interface)
> 
> If anybody could help, i would be absolutely happy about!!!
> 
> Thanxx a lot,
> 
> Andre
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