I want to set up a cluster using FAI

Hi Everybody. This is my first mail to fai mailing list. I want to setup a cluster using FAI. - I have install debian (squeeze) on master node and same on a slave node. - We have a local debian repository using loop-mounted debian images on another machine. Lets name it as deb_repo_ma

Re: I want to set up a cluster using FAI

Hi Alind, On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 01:59:51PM +0530, alind sharma wrote: > Hi Everybody. > This is my first mail to fai mailing list. > I want to setup a cluster using FAI. > >- I have install debian (squeeze) on master node and same on a slave >node. >- We have a local debian reposi

Re: I want to set up a cluster using FAI

Hi Axel, Thanks for the immediate reply. I can imagine not having slave-1 installed. So how to go for automatic installation to all 15 slaves from master. I have installed fai-server and fai-quickstart on master. I have infiniband on the slave-master network. I have copied the /etc/apt/sources.li

Re: I want to set up a cluster using FAI

> On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:59:51 +0530, alind sharma > said: >- I have install debian (squeeze) on master node and same on a slave >node. This sound to me like a Beowuld cluster. There a whole chapter in the FAI guide about how to install Beowulf cluster. Even this chapter

Re: I want to set up a cluster using FAI

Hi Thomas, I will once again go through the Beowulf cluster chapter and then come back. Regards- 2009/9/23 Thomas Lange > > On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:59:51 +0530, alind sharma < > alindsha...@gmail.com> said: > >>- I have install debian (squeeze) on master node and same on a > slave >

Re: I want to set up a cluster using FAI

Hi all, 1) Is it compulsary to create a local debian mirror (user guide 8.2.3 ). Cant it take all the packages from the enteries of sources.list (we already have all debian iso mounted on another machine which can be accessed by master and the network routing configuration on master is done such th

Re: I want to set up a cluster using FAI

Hi Alind, On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 02:39:39PM +0530, alind sharma wrote: > Hi Axel, > Thanks for the immediate reply. I can imagine not having slave-1 installed. > So how to go for automatic installation to all 15 slaves from master. I have > installed fai-server and fai-quickstart on master. I ha

Re: setup-storage does not create crypttab

[...] > > > > You can download/install them by adding the experimental/koeln repository as > > described on the wiki page: > > > > http://faiwiki.debian.net/index.php/Main_Page#getting_FAI > > > > Best, > > Michael > > > I tried today with 3.2.23beta4, and it did not work :-( > Hmm, that vers