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| | ==Creating a new Little-Fe PPC== | | ==Creating a new Little-Fe PPC== |
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| − | The first version of this project used [http://www.debian.org Debian GNU/Linux]. It's intended to be general enough to be deployed on other platforms; but, as Charlie says, "your mileage may vary."
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| − | ===Setup the diskless netboot environment===
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| − | ====TFTPD====
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| − | Install a tftp server (Debian's <code>tftpd-hpa</code> is good) and add a line like this to /etc/inetd.conf (or the equivalent in whatever internet "super-server" you use):
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| − | tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/in.tftpd /usr/sbin/in.tftpd -v -s /boot
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| − | This runs tftpd and sets its root directory to <code>/boot</code>
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| − | ====DHCPD====
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| − | Install ISC's DHCPD (e.g., Debian's <code>dhcp3-server</code> package), and setup <code>dhcpd.conf</code> like so:
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| − | option domain-name "little-fe-ppc.net";
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| − | option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.100;
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| − | option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
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| − | default-lease-time 604800;
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| − | max-lease-time 604800;
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| − | allow booting;
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| − | allow bootp;
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| − | subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
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| − | range 192.168.1.200 192.168.1.254;
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| − | option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
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| − | option routers 192.168.1.1;
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| − | next-server 192.168.1.100;
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| − | server-identifier 192.168.1.100;
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| − | # for client-side union setup
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| − | filename "vmlinuz-2.6.15.6 init=/linuxrc root=/dev/nfs ip=dhcp console=ttyS1,115200n1";
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| − | option root-path "/client/setup";
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| − | # to use server-side union
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| − | # filename "vmlinuz-2.6.15.6 root=/dev/nfs ip=dhcp console=ttyS1,115200n1";
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| − | # option root-path "/client/root";
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| − | use-host-decl-names on;
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| − | }
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| − | host lf1 { hardware ethernet 00:0B:2F:43:61:EB; fixed-address 192.168.1.101; }
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| − | host lf2 { hardware ethernet 00:0b:2f:4f:03:b5; fixed-address 192.168.1.102; }
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| − | #host lf3 { hardware ethernet ; fixed-address 192.168.1.103; }
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| − | subnet 192.168.10.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
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| − | range 192.168.10.200 192.168.10.254;
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| − | option broadcast-address 192.168.10.255;
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| − | use-host-decl-names on;
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| − | }
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| − | host lf1-eth1 { hardware ethernet 00:0b:2f:62:49:d1; fixed-address 192.168.10.101; }
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| − | host lf2-eth1 { hardware ethernet 00:0b:2f:6e:6b:7b; fixed-address 192.168.10.102; }
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| − | #host lf3-eth1 { hardware ethernet ; fixed-address 192.168.10.103; }
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| − | </pre>
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| − | ====NFSD====
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| − | If you're using Debian, use the nfs-kernel-server package (not the nfs-user-server package). (Knowledge about how this translates to other platforms would be helpful here.)
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| − | Setup <code>/etc/exports</code> like so:
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| − | / 192.168.1.0/24(ro,insecure_locks,no_root_squash,sync)
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| − | /client/setup 192.168.1.0/24(ro,insecure_locks,no_root_squash,sync)
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| − | /client/overlay 192.168.1.0/24(ro,insecure_locks,no_root_squash,sync)
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| − | /root 192.168.1.0/24(rw,insecure_locks,no_root_squash,sync)
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| − | /home 192.168.1.0/24(rw,insecure_locks,no_root_squash,sync)
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| − | </pre>
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| − | ====Unified Root====
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| − | [[Unified Root Setup]]
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| − | ====Configure Client Firmware====
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| | ==Related pages== | | ==Related pages== |
| | *[[Pegasos|Pegasos PPC (ODW) notes]] | | *[[Pegasos|Pegasos PPC (ODW) notes]] |
This is page contains information about the 4 node PPC (Pegasos) version of Little-Fe.
This version of Little-Fe PPC is based on a Debian GNU/Linux installation. It employs UnionFS to facilitate consolidation of system and cluster software on a single hard drive (attached to lf0). All other nodes netboot from the master image by masking the server-specific files with a lightweight overlay.
lf0 can be found at lf-ppc.cluster.earlham.edu
Documentation and bug reporting
We are documenting the production of Little-Fe in two ways: First, bugs are filed in bugzilla (and hopefully fixed). Second, we're putting flesh on a set of instructions to build a replica of the original Little-Fe PPC. The latter is probably (but not necessarily) based on the former. The distinction is mainly that Bugzilla will show how things were done wrong, while the wiki-based instructions will show how to do things right the first time.
Creating a new Little-Fe PPC
Related pages
