Hello everybody, I am trying to install SystemImager on my "golden-client" running OpenSuse 10.3, it's a dedicated server hosted at Strato and I was pretty impressed by the nice tutorials that I've found. During the installation of the client running prepareclient --server serverip I got the following error and I don't know what to do next: Code: >> Evaluating initrd size to be added in the kernel boot options >> (e.g. /etc/systemimager/pxelinux.cfg/syslinux.cfg): >> suggested value -> ramdisk_size=67683.5 I couldn't identify your kernel file. Please try to use --kernel option. maybe somebody can help me out. Thanks a lot. -Eddie
this is what I've found in the man pages Code: --kernel FILE Do not detect the kernel to use with UYOK, but instead use the file specified by the argument FILE. Use this parameter only with --mod‐ ules_dir and only if you use UYOK feature. --modules-dir DIR Get kernel modules to use with UYOK from the DIR repository. Use this parameter only with --kernel and only if you use UYOK feature. I tried around a little bit and ran this si_prepareclient --server myImageServerIP --kernel /boot/config-2.6.22.9-0.4-default and got the following output, but I don't know if that is okay? Code: Using "sfdisk" to gather information about disk: /dev/sda Using "sfdisk" to gather information about disk: /dev/sdb Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/UseYourOwnKernel.pm line 576. WARNING: couldn't find a valid filesystem for initrd.img! WARNING: trying with cpio initramfs... >>> Choosing filesystem for new initrd: cpio >>> Creating new initrd from staging dir: /tmp/.systemimager.0 >> cd /tmp/.systemimager.0 && find . ! -name "*~" | cpio -H newc --create | gzip -9 > /etc/systemimager/boot/initrd.img 27441 blocks >> ls -l /etc/systemimager/boot/initrd.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5560230 Mar 11 21:03 /etc/systemimager/boot/initrd.img >> Evaluating initrd size to be added in the kernel boot options >> (e.g. /etc/systemimager/pxelinux.cfg/syslinux.cfg): >> suggested value -> ramdisk_size=23960.5 >>> Using kernel from: /boot/config-2.6.22.9-0.4-default >> ls -l /etc/systemimager/boot/kernel -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80417 Mar 11 21:03 /etc/systemimager/boot/kernel Starting or re-starting rsync as a daemon..... done! This client is ready to have its image retrieved. You must now run the "si_getimage" command on your imageserver. Your client has been successfully prepared. Boot kernel (copied from this Linux distribution) and an initrd.img (generated by the initrd_template package) can be found in /etc/systemimager/boot. Automatically create configuration file for systemconfigurator: >> /etc/systemconfig/systemconfig.conf WARNING: unable to detect kernel release of "/boot/config-2.6.22.9-0.4-default"! WARNING: coulnd't create file /etc/systemconfig/systemconfig.conf (needed by systemconfigurator) There are a few files in my /boot/ folder and I don't know what to use, in the code above I used Code: /boot/config-2.6.22.9-0.4-default but I also did the whole thing once with the file Code: /boot/initrd-2.6.22.9-0.4-default and got the same output as stated above. I'd be thankful for any hints / tips
Code: deltaone:~ # uname -a Linux deltaone 2.6.22.9-0.4-default #1 SMP 2007/10/05 21:32:04 UTC i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux deltaone:~ # ls -la /boot total 7950 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 2008-03-10 13:25 . drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 2008-03-10 14:34 .. -rw------- 1 root root 512 2007-10-16 10:33 backup_mbr lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 2008-03-10 14:11 boot -> . -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80417 2007-10-08 13:50 config-2.6.22.9-0.4-default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 45 2008-03-10 13:25 device.map drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2008-03-10 23:32 grub lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2008-03-10 13:25 initrd -> initrd-2.6.22.9-0.4-default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2753959 2008-03-10 13:25 initrd-2.6.22.9-0.4-default drwx------ 2 root root 12288 2008-03-10 14:06 lost+found -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 138222 2007-10-08 13:52 symsets-2.6.22.9-0.4-default.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 400506 2007-10-08 13:52 symtypes-2.6.22.9-0.4-default.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 116261 2007-10-08 13:51 symvers-2.6.22.9-0.4-default.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 842872 2007-10-08 13:46 System.map-2.6.22.9-0.4-default -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2147342 2007-10-08 13:50 vmlinux-2.6.22.9-0.4-default.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2008-03-10 14:11 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1593788 2007-10-08 13:46 vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-default
just ran the script using Code: si_prepareclient --server ImageServerIP --kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-default and got the following output, pretty much the same as the one before Code: Using "sfdisk" to gather information about disk: /dev/sda Using "sfdisk" to gather information about disk: /dev/sdb Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/UseYourOwnKernel.pm line 576. WARNING: couldn't find a valid filesystem for initrd.img! WARNING: trying with cpio initramfs... >>> Choosing filesystem for new initrd: cpio >>> Creating new initrd from staging dir: /tmp/.systemimager.0 >> cd /tmp/.systemimager.0 && find . ! -name "*~" | cpio -H newc --create | gzip -9 > /etc/systemimager/boot/initrd.img 27441 blocks >> ls -l /etc/systemimager/boot/initrd.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5560237 Mar 13 18:37 /etc/systemimager/boot/initrd.img >> Evaluating initrd size to be added in the kernel boot options >> (e.g. /etc/systemimager/pxelinux.cfg/syslinux.cfg): >> suggested value -> ramdisk_size=23960.5 >>> Using kernel from: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-default >> ls -l /etc/systemimager/boot/kernel -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1593788 Mar 13 18:37 /etc/systemimager/boot/kernel Starting or re-starting rsync as a daemon..... done! This client is ready to have its image retrieved. You must now run the "si_getimage" command on your imageserver. Your client has been successfully prepared. Boot kernel (copied from this Linux distribution) and an initrd.img (generated by the initrd_template package) can be found in /etc/systemimager/boot. Automatically create configuration file for systemconfigurator: >> /etc/systemconfig/systemconfig.conf WARNING: unable to detect kernel release of "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-default"! WARNING: coulnd't create file /etc/systemconfig/systemconfig.conf (needed by systemconfigurator)
what would you suggest to use? I am pretty experienced with SuSE, but I am also willing to use something else. I could choose between CentOS 5, Fedora 7 or Debian 4.0. Running a webserver with probably 40 websites. I'd be happy for some suggestions
