December 2005 - Udpcast

Re: [Udpcast] Problems with udpcast in combination with a fileserver
by Thomas Kuehling 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

Hi Michael, Am Montag, den 12.12.2005, 22:22 +1000 schrieb Michael D. Setzer II: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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. 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 :-( > > > 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(a)mapsolute.com> > To: D Teed <dteed(a)artistic.ca> > Organization: Mapsolute GmbH > Date sent: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:07:05 +0100 > Copies to: udpcast(a)udpcast.linux.lu > Send reply to: thomas.kuehling(a)mapsolute.com > <mailto:udpcast-request@udpcast.linux.lu?subject=unsubscribe> > <mailto:udpcast-request@udpcast.linux.lu?subject=subscribe> > > > 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 GrÃ¼Ã"Yen > > > > Thomas KÃ¼hling > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Mapsolute Gmbh - Techn. Administration - TK2325-RIPE > > > > DÃ¼sseldorfer StraÃ"Ye 40a - 65760 Eschborn/Frankfurt a.M. - Germany > > > > Phone: +49 6196 777 56 413 - Fax: +49 6196 777 56 100 > > > > E-Mail: thomas.kuehling(a)mapsolute.com - web: http://www.mapsolute.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Udpcast mailing list > > > > Udpcast(a)udpcast.linux.lu > > > > https://lll.lgl.lu/mailman/listinfo/udpcast > > > > > > > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen > > Thomas Kühling > > > > -- > > Mapsolute Gmbh - Techn. Administration - TK2325-RIPE > > Düsseldorfer Straße 40a - 65760 Eschborn/Frankfurt a.M. - Germany > > Phone: +49 6196 777 56 413 - Fax: +49 6196 777 56 100 > > E-Mail: thomas.kuehling(a)mapsolute.com - web: http://www.mapsolute.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Udpcast mailing list > > Udpcast(a)udpcast.linux.lu > > https://lll.lgl.lu/mailman/listinfo/udpcast > > > > > +----------------------------------------------------------+ > Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor > Guam Community College Computer Center > mailto:mikes@kuentos.guam.net > mailto:msetzerii@gmail.com > http://www.guam.net/home/mikes > Guam - Where America's Day Begins > +----------------------------------------------------------+ > > http://setiathome.berkeley.edu > Number of Seti Units Returned: 18,823 > Processing time: 32 years, 168 days, 23 hours, 32 minutes > (Total Hours: 284,376) > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 6.5.8 -- QDPGP 2.61c > Comment: http://community.wow.net/grt/qdpgp.html > > iQA/AwUBQ5ze5yzGQcr/2AKZEQIhXgCeOdJR3ZY6ynxjIia516PQmLUplBgAoOG4 > pK6VNrL1bq64D5BUsaR1IV67 > =lhud > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > Mit freundlichen Grüßen Thomas Kühling -- Mapsolute Gmbh - Techn. Administration - TK2325-RIPE Düsseldorfer Straße 40a - 65760 Eschborn/Frankfurt a.M. - Germany Phone: +49 6196 777 56 413 - Fax: +49 6196 777 56 100 E-Mail: thomas.kuehling(a)mapsolute.com - web: http://www.mapsolute.com

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Problems with udpcast in combination with a fileserver
by Thomas Kuehling 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

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 Grüßen Thomas Kühling -- Mapsolute Gmbh - Techn. Administration - TK2325-RIPE Düsseldorfer Straße 40a - 65760 Eschborn/Frankfurt a.M. - Germany Phone: +49 6196 777 56 413 - Fax: +49 6196 777 56 100 E-Mail: thomas.kuehling(a)mapsolute.com - web: http://www.mapsolute.com

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Re: [Udpcast] UDPCast on OSX
by Jeff Michels 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

Hello Donald, Thank you for your reply. Here is the output I get: cc -Wall -Wshadow -DBB_FEATURE_UDPCAST_FEC -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DUSE_SYSLOG -DNO_BB -c -o socklib.o socklib.c socklib.c: In function 'udpc_getSendBuf': socklib.c:280: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 5 of 'getsockopt' differ in signedness socklib.c: In function 'udpc_getRcvBuf': socklib.c:293: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 5 of 'getsockopt' differ in signedness socklib.c: In function 'udpc_setTtl': socklib.c:323: error: 'SOL_IP' undeclared (first use in this function) socklib.c:323: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once socklib.c:323: error: for each function it appears in.) socklib.c: In function 'mcastOp': socklib.c:368: error: 'SOL_IP' undeclared (first use in this function) make: *** [socklib.o] Error 1 Thank you for your help, Jeffrey Michels >>> D Teed <dteed(a)artistic.ca> 09/14/05 9:18 PM >>> I suggest posting the actual error you got when you tried to make the udpcast binaries. It could be an ordinary dependancy or lib you don't have. Usually the last 6 to 10 lines from a make error tell the tale of what went wrong. I've built udpcast on Sun with Linux, so I don't think there is anything x86 centric about it. --Donald Teed On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Jeff Michels wrote: > Hello, > > I've been using UDPCast for about a year now and it has saved our school > district from the cost of a commercial imaging program. I has also > saved me many hours. For that I am grateful. > > Our district just purchased two Apple Servers. Currently I am using a > 500 Mhz PIII box running Debian as our main image server. It has been > extermely reliable and UDPCast works great however disk I / O and > processing limitations are showing. > > I would like to compile UDPCast for OSX. I have a Powerbook with 10.4 > and the 2.1 Developer tools installed. I have tried to compile but was > unsucessful. I have very limited coding skills so here is the > information I need: > > 1. What do I need to do to get UDPCast to compile on OSX. If a total > rewrite is needed, I will to lobby for a new(er) x86 box. > > 2. If anyone has done this I would like to read your experience. > > Thank you in advance for your help. > > Regards, > > Jeff Michels > School District of Beloit > Technology Support Specialist > _______________________________________________ > Udpcast mailing list > Udpcast(a)udpcast.linux.lu > https://lll.lgl.lu/mailman/listinfo/udpcast >

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How to do an automatic reboot
by david aimé 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

Hello I use udpcast with several computers. After duplicating one hard disk to the others, i would like that the computers that received the data reboot automatically. But i don't know how to do this because udpcast don't allow us to do that with it's options. I'm waiting for your advice Aimé David _________________________________________________________________ MSN Messenger : personnalisez votre messagerie instantanée ! http://g.msn.fr/FR1001/866

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udp-receiver portbase problem
by Raúl Sánchez Sánchez 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

Hello: I'm trying to use udp-receiver with a inirrd (PXE) image from your web with the portbase option. The client is configured to use port the 9600. When I launch udp-sender --portbase 9600 option no client listen it. However if I use the default port, it works fine. So clients are listening at port 9000 instead of 9600 how I wanted :( What I'm doing wrong? Regards -- ----------------------------------------------- Raúl Sánchez Sánchez raul(a)um.es Centro de Calculo raul(a)dif.um.es Facultad de Informática Tlf: +34 968 36 4827 Universidad de Murcia Fax: +34 968 36 4151 -----------------------------------------------

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RE: Udpcast Digest, Vol 29, Issue 5
by Jeff Michels 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hello: I'm trying to use udp-receiver with a inirrd (PXE) image from your web with the portbase option. The client is configured to use port the 9600. When I launch udp-sender --portbase 9600 option no client listen it. However if I use the default port, it works fine. So clients are listening at port 9000 instead of 9600 how I wanted :( What I'm doing wrong? Hello, I am having the same issue when booting a computer via PXE and using udp-sender at the command line of our server. If I boot two computers using a CD and set one as the sender and one as a receiver using a port other than 9000, it works. This really hasn't been much of an issue as of yet because our server is really only powerful enough to send one image out at a time. In the future we will be getting a new system and it would be nice to be able to send out more than one type of image at a time. Thanks, Jeff Michels Technology Support Specialist The School District of Beloit

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