[SystemImager-discuss] VA - System Imager
Brian Elliott Finley
brian at thefinleys.com
Mon May 14 19:05:13 PDT 2001
Thus spake JParker at coinstar.com (JParker at coinstar.com):
> G'Day !
>
> I am having problems with VA-SystemImager (ver 1.4.0). It seems that I
> can not get my remote machine to retrieve the kernel and reboot as per
> step 6 and 7 of the HOWTO.
>
> I do not have a floppy or cdrom attached to the machine, so I am using the
> rsync/updateclient -autoinstall method.
>
> The problem is that when I try to run "updateclient -autoinstall -server
> bhead -c eth0" it crashes because it can not find the modules
> Getopt::Long, etc. A quick search of the hard drive on the local node
> confirms it is not a part of the standard Perl-5.005 debian package, but
> it is located on my head server bhead.
But it is part of the standard Perl-5.005 debian package.
[bfinley at dr-jeckyl:~]
$ dpkg --search /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/Getopt/Long.pm
perl-5.005: /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/Getopt/Long.pm
Perhaps it was deleted somehow? Maybe try doing a:
"$ apt-get install perl-5.005 --reinstall"
> I believe the cause of my confusion may be the documentation. As I read
> step 6, where you prepare the boot media, the example on how to prepare a
> remote machine's local hd is exactly the same as the instructions for step
> 7, where the actually transfer of the image takes place.
>
> Do you need to "compile" the perl script on the headnode prior to
> transfering to the remote machine ? If so what is the command to do this
> ?
>
> BTW, all my remote nodes have a base Debian install with basic networking
> installed.
>
> Another question. During the step 5, I did not have systemImager write to
> the /etc/hosts file. All my nodes already have the correct network
> settings. Is this a problem ?
You should at least copy this file to /tftpboot/systemimager on the
imageserver as it is used in part of the autoinstall process.
If you do these things, then you should be able to run:
"updateclient -autoinstall -server bhead -c eth0"
and everything should work fine. If it still doesn't work, mail the
list again.
Cheers, -Brian
>
> cheers,
> Jim Parker
>
> Sailboat racing is not a matter of life and death .... It is far more
> important than that !!!
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