[Sisuite-devel] couldn't configure the network interface using DHCP

[Heba Farouk]

Hello Everybody
I'm configuring a small cluster of 7 machines (dual
core, gigabit switch)
i followed that link to configure the netbooting
environment:
http://wiki.systemimager.org/index.php/HOWTO_Net_Boot_with_SystemImager_3.4.1


but i got this problem:

Listening on LPF/lo/<null> Sending on LPF/lo/<null>

DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
5
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
9
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
12
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
12
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
20
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
2
NO DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

I couldn't configure the network interface using DHCP.


Killing off running processes write_variables


and for troubleshooting this error, i followed that
link:
http://oscar.openclustergroup.org/faq.installation.sis-kernel

i downloaded the new kernel but i still have the same
problem.

i got the following information from the terminal that
appears after the error:


lsmod didn't return any information

cat /proc/pci

PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Class 0600: PCI device 8086:2990 (rev 2).
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
Class 0604: PCI device 8086:2991 (rev 2).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=10.
Bus 0, device 3, function 0:
Class 0780: PCI device 8086:2994 (rev 2).
IRQ 5.
Non-prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0xf0425900
[0xf042590f].
Bus 0, device 25, function 0:
Class 0200: PCI device 8086:104a (rev 2).
IRQ 10.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0400000
[0xf041ffff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0424000
[0xf0424fff].
I/O at 0x2000 [0x201f].
Bus 0, device 26, function 0:
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:2834 (rev 2).
IRQ 11.
I/O at 0x2020 [0x203f].
Bus 0, device 26, function 1:
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:2835 (rev 2).
IRQ 5.
I/O at 0x2040 [0x205f].
Bus 0, device 26, function 7:
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:283a (rev 2).
IRQ 10.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0425000
[0xf04253ff].
Bus 0, device 27, function 0:
Class 0403: PCI device 8086:284b (rev 2).
IRQ 5.
Non-prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0xf0420000
[0xf0423fff].
Bus 0, device 28, function 0:
Class 0604: PCI device 8086:283f (rev 2).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=2.
Bus 0, device 29, function 0:
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:2830 (rev 2).
IRQ 11.
I/O at 0x2060 [0x207f].
Bus 0, device 29, function 1:
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:2831 (rev 2).
IRQ 5.
I/O at 0x2080 [0x209f].
Bus 0, device 29, function 7:
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:2836 (rev 2).
IRQ 11.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0425400
[0xf04257ff].
Bus 0, device 30, function 0:
Class 0604: PCI device 8086:244e (rev 242).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=2.
Bus 0, device 31, function 0:
Class 0601: PCI device 8086:2814 (rev 2).
Bus 0, device 31, function 2:
Class 0101: PCI device 8086:2820 (rev 2).
IRQ 5.
I/O at 0x20e0 [0x20ef].
I/O at 0x20f0 [0x20ff].
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
Class 0300: PCI device 1002:7146 (rev 0).
IRQ 5.
Prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0xe0000000
[0xefffffff].
Non-prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0xf0500000
[0xf050ffff].
I/O at 0x1000 [0x10ff].
Bus 1, device 0, function 1:
Class 0380: PCI device 1002:7166 (rev 0).
Non-prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0xf0510000
[0xf051ffff].


could u help me ?

Yours

Heba




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[Michael Edwards]

Are you using some version of OSCAR, or just SystemImager? If you are not
using OSCAR, what are you trying to do with SystemImager? OSCAR will set up
this kind of thing for you, if you are using a setup which looks a lot like
a Beowulf Cluster. The more it looks like a homogenous cluster, the easier
OSCAR will be to use (vs setting everything up by hand).

Post by Heba Farouk
Hello Everybody
I'm configuring a small cluster of 7 machines (dual
core, gigabit switch)
i followed that link to configure the netbooting
http://wiki.systemimager.org/index.php/HOWTO_Net_Boot_with_SystemImager_3.4.1
Listening on LPF/lo/<null> Sending on LPF/lo/<null>
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
5
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
9
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
12
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
12
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
20
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
2
NO DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
I couldn't configure the network interface using DHCP.
Killing off running processes write_variables
and for troubleshooting this error, i followed that
http://oscar.openclustergroup.org/faq.installation.sis-kernel
i downloaded the new kernel but i still have the same
problem.
i got the following information from the terminal that
lsmod didn't return any information
cat /proc/pci
Class 0600: PCI device 8086:2990 (rev 2).
Class 0604: PCI device 8086:2991 (rev 2).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=10.
Class 0780: PCI device 8086:2994 (rev 2).
IRQ 5.
Non-prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0xf0425900
[0xf042590f].
Class 0200: PCI device 8086:104a (rev 2).
IRQ 10.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0400000
[0xf041ffff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0424000
[0xf0424fff].
I/O at 0x2000 [0x201f].
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:2834 (rev 2).
IRQ 11.
I/O at 0x2020 [0x203f].
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:2835 (rev 2).
IRQ 5.
I/O at 0x2040 [0x205f].
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:283a (rev 2).
IRQ 10.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0425000
[0xf04253ff].
Class 0403: PCI device 8086:284b (rev 2).
IRQ 5.
Non-prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0xf0420000
[0xf0423fff].
Class 0604: PCI device 8086:283f (rev 2).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=2.
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:2830 (rev 2).
IRQ 11.
I/O at 0x2060 [0x207f].
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:2831 (rev 2).
IRQ 5.
I/O at 0x2080 [0x209f].
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:2836 (rev 2).
IRQ 11.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0425400
[0xf04257ff].
Class 0604: PCI device 8086:244e (rev 242).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=2.
Class 0601: PCI device 8086:2814 (rev 2).
Class 0101: PCI device 8086:2820 (rev 2).
IRQ 5.
I/O at 0x20e0 [0x20ef].
I/O at 0x20f0 [0x20ff].
Class 0300: PCI device 1002:7146 (rev 0).
IRQ 5.
Prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0xe0000000
[0xefffffff].
Non-prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0xf0500000
[0xf050ffff].
I/O at 0x1000 [0x10ff].
Class 0380: PCI device 1002:7166 (rev 0).
Non-prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0xf0510000
[0xf051ffff].
could u help me ?
Yours
Heba
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[Heba Farouk]

Does that mean there is no solution with systemimager
??

i think the problem is with the gigabit switch and the
network card, is this right ?

please ppl, help me, i'm stuck besides that i'm a
newbie to linux


Yours

Heba




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[Michael Edwards]

What I am saying is that OSCAR uses SystemImager to build computational
clusters, and configures it automatically. I am also saying that I
personally don't know enough about how SystemImager works in general to
answer your question besides suggesting that if you use OSCAR to set up your
system, that it should do so correctly and avoid this particular problem,
whatever it is. Then you could, if you were interested, look at the
resulting config files and perhaps see where your mistake is. If you are
new to Linux, this is an easier place to start.

If you want help from the SIS list, then you are going to need to tell them
everything you can about your exact setup (in particular about what hardware
and SIS versions you are using) and what exactly you are trying to do with
SIS. It is not clear what you were trying to do, what you actually did,
what hardware you are using to do it, or what problems you encountered.
This makes it very hard to help.

Post by Heba Farouk
Does that mean there is no solution with systemimager
??
i think the problem is with the gigabit switch and the
network card, is this right ?
please ppl, help me, i'm stuck besides that i'm a
newbie to linux
Yours
Heba
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[Heba Farouk]

i'm using debian sarge 3.1 and it's not in the
supported distributions table, does this cause a
problem ??

thanks in advance

Yours

Heba




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Post by Heba Farouk
Listening on LPF/lo/<null> Sending on LPF/lo/<null>
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
5
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
9
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
12
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
12
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
20
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
2
NO DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
I couldn't configure the network interface using DHCP.
Killing off running processes write_variables

It seems that your network card is not correctly detected. Which version
of systemimager are you using. If it's recent enough I would suggest to
use UYOK (http://wiki.systemimager.org/index.php/UYOK).

Regards,
-Andrea

[Heba Farouk]

yes, this was the problem. i'm now using the latest
version of systemimager (3.7.6), and the problem
doesnot occur anymore, thank u very much.

now another problem (for sure:) ) has occured, it is:

mkreiserfs /dev/hda5 || shellout
mkresierfs 3.6.19 (2003 www.namesys.com)
Failed to open '/dev/hda5': No such device or address
A pair of credits:
The Defensa Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA,
www.darpa.mil) is the primary sponsor of Reiser4.
DARPA doesnot endrose this project; it merely sponsors
it.
Joshua Macdonald wrote the first draft of transaction
manager. Yuri Rupasov did testing and benchmarking,
plus he invented the r5 hash (also used by the dcache
code). Yure Rupasov, Anatoly Pinchuk, Igor
Kransheninnikov, Grigory Zaigralin ... are former
contributers of the project.

killing off running processes.


when i tried to use mke2fs instead of mkreiserfs, i
got:
mke2fs: No such device or address while trying to
determine filesystem size
killing off running processes.



Yours

Heba




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Post by Heba Farouk
mkreiserfs /dev/hda5 || shellout
mkresierfs 3.6.19 (2003 www.namesys.com)
Failed to open '/dev/hda5': No such device or address
The Defensa Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA,
www.darpa.mil) is the primary sponsor of Reiser4.
DARPA doesnot endrose this project; it merely sponsors
it.
Joshua Macdonald wrote the first draft of transaction
manager. Yuri Rupasov did testing and benchmarking,
plus he invented the r5 hash (also used by the dcache
code). Yure Rupasov, Anatoly Pinchuk, Igor
Kransheninnikov, Grigory Zaigralin ... are former
contributers of the project.
killing off running processes.
when i tried to use mke2fs instead of mkreiserfs, i
mke2fs: No such device or address while trying to
determine filesystem size
killing off running processes.

Maybe /dev/hda5 was not correctly created or not present into your
initrd. Can you post your autoinstallscript.conf? Are you using the
standard BOEL (the kernel shipped into the RPMs) or UYOK?

Regards,
-Andrea