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emerge sys-boot/syslinux will provide everythings PXE boot needs on server |
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side along with dhcp and tftp (not ftp). |
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Be carefull with old version (prior 1.6 or better 2.0) of PXE boot ROM on |
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NICs cards because they may not boot properly. |
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----- Original Message ----- |
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From: "Eric Thibodeau" <kyron@××××××××.com> |
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To: <gentoo-cluster@l.g.o> |
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Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 2:59 PM |
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Subject: [gentoo-cluster] Gentoo clustering "à la" www.clustermatic.org (PXE |
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booted nodes) |
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>I would have scanned the mailling list for this but never found the search |
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> engine for it... |
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> As the title says, I would love to see a Gentoo clustering solution based |
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> on |
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> the www.clustermatic.org/www.ltsp.org approach (basically, PXE booted OS). |
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> In |
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> fact, work on this would open up Gentoo to both clustering and LTSP usage. |
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> Most of the work that needs to be done, if I am not mistaken, is to create |
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> a |
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> Gentoo environment which is NFS bootable as done with LTSP. We could then |
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> "easily" manage the tolls and utilities available on the slave nodes by |
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> using |
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> portage. Obviously, there is also some kernel tweaking involved but we can |
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> start from some previous work done in that aera in all cases. |
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> I am actually asked to build a Gentoo based cluster next semester and I |
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> would |
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> definately like to build it to be as flexible and scalable as possible. I |
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> believe that the above approach fits these requirements quite well. So I'm |
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> opened to any suggestions for this project. Obviously, I'll document this |
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> and |
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> attempt to make the procedure as accessible to anyone as possible. |
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> Future work would probably be to seamlessly integrate OpenPBS into such a |
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> PXE-able environment to enable it to reboot/configure nodes as required |
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> for |
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> given tasks/profiles. |
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> Thanks, |
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> Eric Thibodeau |
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