Changes between Version 12 and Version 13 of WikiStart


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06/04/10 10:27:22 (14 years ago)
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    44= Welcome to '''Sali'''! =
    5 Here at Sara we use [http://wiki.systemimager.org SystemImager] to install our nodes on different types of clusters. With SystemImager you can create a clone of your system and distribute this clone via various ways ( ie. rsync, bittorrent, flamethrower and floppy disks ). To install a image on a node SystemImager needs a linux kernel and initrd to boot the target system. You can used the kernel that has been included in the SystemImager installation or you user own kernel. The initrd contains some essential tools to prepare your system for the installation. SystemImager also supplies a so called BOEL. This BOEL is a extra collection of utilities ( ie. OpenSSH, e2fsprogs ).
     5Here at Sara we use [http://wiki.systemimager.org SystemImager] to install our nodes on different types of clusters.
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    7 But the current inird and BOEL binaries of SystemImager is quite old. So we created Sali to replace only the kernel, initrd and BOEL. Also we only focussed on PXE installations with rsync and/or Bittorrent. So no floppy or flamethrower/multicast support in the initrd of Sali. Because we are focussing on PXE installation we desided to move the utilities from the BOEL to initrd.
     7SystemImager allows you to create a clone of a your running system. This clone can than be distributed by various ways ( ie. rsync, bittorrent, flamethrower and floppy disks ). When installing a image the target system shall be booted with a initrd which contains the needed utilities for initializing a SystemImager installation. This initrd is very basic. In most cases the SystemImager installation also uses the BOEL. This BOEL contains some necessary utilities for partitioning, formatting and Bittorrent.
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     9We at Sara modified the initrd But the current inird and BOEL binaries of SystemImager is quite old. So we created Sali to replace only the kernel, initrd and BOEL. Also we only focussed on PXE installations with rsync and/or Bittorrent. So no floppy or flamethrower/multicast support in the initrd of Sali. Because we are focussing on PXE installation we desided to move the utilities from the BOEL to initrd.
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    911= Documentation =