[Udpcast] Problems with udpcast in combination with a fileserver
Thomas Kuehling
thomas.kuehling at mapsolute.com
Wed Dec 14 17:25:34 CET 2005
Am Montag, den 12.12.2005, 23:32 +1000 schrieb Michael D. Setzer II:
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> On 12 Dec 2005 at 13:36, Thomas Kuehling wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [Udpcast] Problems with udpcast in combination with a
> fileserver
> From: Thomas Kuehling <thomas.kuehling at mapsolute.com>
> Send reply to: thomas.kuehling at mapsolute.com
> To: "Michael D. Setzer II" <mikes at kuentos.guam.net>
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> Organization: Mapsolute GmbH
> Date sent: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:36:38 +0100
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> > Hi Michael,
> >
> > Am Montag, den 12.12.2005, 22:22 +1000 schrieb Michael D. Setzer II:
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> > > Storing images on an ext3 partition should not make a difference
> > > from what I can tell. I have written the last thru versions of g4l, and it
> > > does exactly that. It uses dd with compression and then ftping it to
> > > the server. I've even used the images created with g4l with udpcast.
> > > I do note that when restoring an image to different drive, it has
> > > problems if the heads / sector ratio is not exactly the sime. The
> > > layout of the server that stores the image doesn't matter.
> > >
> > > I generally use g4l to create my images, and store them on a system
> > > with two 250GB drives, but then use udpcast to image the one
> > > system to the other 19 machines in the lab.
> >
> > do i understand you correct? You store an image of a complete system via
> > ghost, but you clone all machines via udpcast? My problem is, that i'll
> > get the next days 40 blades wich i have to install and udpcast seems to
> > be the best way.
>
> With my g4l program, it boots from the CD with kernel 2.6.14.3, and
> some 2.6.14.2. I have statically compiled versions of udp-sender
> and udp-reciever on the CD. I've used the g4l to create a lzop
> compressed image on a fedora system, and then using udp-sender
> on that machine, and udp-reciever on the workstations done a
> clone. Most of the time, I reimage one machine, and do the system
> updates, and then use udpcast diskette to put machine with the use
> of an ipmac.txt file to set the ips.
*strike*
I got it running in my lab. I created an image with g4l via ftp and
reimaged it on the other notebook via udp-reciever. Also i got the
headless-configuration with my own initrd running, but i've got one
question about this initrd. How could i add own kernel-modules in the
initrd and kernel of udp-reciever?
> >
> > Perhaps i'll install one blade and clone the other machines from this
> > one. But i fearing the controller in this machine. I read there is a
> > Pear4/im raid controller included and as i saw, this modul is not yet
> > included in the udpcast version :-(
>
> Not sure, but the kernel on the g4l cd might handle that controller,
> but you would have to see it. If it does work with the controller, you
> could use the udp-sender and udp-reciever to send it. G4L might
> work, but it would require a lot more time doing an image via the ftp
> since it would require much more time than using multi-cast.
>
>
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 12 Dec 2005 at 13:07, Thomas Kuehling wrote:
> > >
> > > Subject: Re: [Udpcast] Problems with udpcast in combination with a fileserver
> > > From: Thomas Kuehling <thomas.kuehling at mapsolute.com>
> > > To: D Teed <dteed at artistic.ca>
> > > Organization: Mapsolute GmbH
> > > Date sent: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:07:05 +0100
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> > > > Hi Teed,
> > > >
> > > > Am Montag, den 12.12.2005, 07:51 -0400 schrieb D Teed:
> > > > > Are the disk geometries the same on the master and target notebooks?
> > > > > Is lilo or grub or other used as the boot loader?
> > > >
> > > > not really. On the fileserver i am using a 300 GB SATA Maxtor HDD and in
> > > > the Notebooks i've got a normal 60 GB HDD. I prefer to store several
> > > > images on the 300 GB HDD. As i read in the advanced doku, the option
> > > > --nosync for the udpreciever could help. I am just testing this.
> > > >
> > > > Therefore i tested directly to sync from one notebook to the other one
> > > > and this worked without any problems. I think the problem is the storing
> > > > of images on a normal ext3-partition.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > If it is a problem from udpcast, I'd guess it has something to
> > > > > do with the first few bytes on the data. I saw a problem
> > > > > like this before where we could not boot an IBM notebook
> > > > > recovery partition. In our case the broadcom 5702 ethernet driver on
> > > > > the imaging server had a bug which went away in a 2.6.5 kernel
> > > > > driver. TCP/IP was reliable, but the driver bug was specific to
> > > > > UDP multicast. Even the Windows drivers for that Broadcom
> > > > > device had problems (at the time) immediately after DHCP connect.
> > > > > The other possible flaw that could go wrong is a bug
> > > > > in the ethernet driver on one of the notebook clients.
> > > > >
> > > > > Check the changelogs at kernel.org for hints there may be
> > > > > bug fixes for one of the ethernet devices you use.
> > > > >
> > > > > You can test to see if the images are the same on upload by
> > > > > using cmp to compare the image files. Upload twice and
> > > > > compare. Upload, image, and upload from the target and
> > > > > compare.
> > > > >
> > > > > This only works with gzip, as I learned, that lzop stores
> > > > > a timestamp inside the file.
> > > >
> > > > For testing-szenario i used only raw without any compression.
> > > >
> > > > > --Donald Teed
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Thomas Kuehling wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Dear all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > i've got a strange problem with udpcast. If i store the files on an
> > > > > > ext3-partition on a fileserver via udp-reciever -f foo.image and clone
> > > > > > it on the other notebook, i am not able to boot the new system on it.
> > > > > > When i look on the hdd, i see the several partitions, but no partition
> > > > > > types.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What's my fault? I am getting more and more confused. Please help me.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Mit freundlichen GrüÃ"Yen
> > > > > > Thomas Kühling
> > > > > >
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Thomas Kühling
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