[SCore-users-jp] [SCore-users] Problems with EIT (Score 5.4.0) while installing IBM HS20 Blades (RedHat 7.3)

[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
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> 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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