Bccd-ng - July-8-2012
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BCCD ISO TESTING REPORT
| Author | Mobeen Ludin |
| Date Generated | July 7 / 2012 |
| Date Tested | July 8 / 2012 |
| Release Revision # | r3742 |
Summary
--This iso was generated as testing for Release Canadidate and soon new BCCD release. Forllowing tickets are bring resolved in these Testing ISOs:
ISOs that fix issues: #715, #716, #717, #718, #720, #721
Downloading and Making Bootable USB
First Downloading the ISO form a repository on earlham cs cluster:
first downloading the script for making bootable USB drive
$ svn co svn+ssh://mmludin08@cluster.earlham.edu/cluster/svnroot/bccd-ng/trunk/bin BCCD
$ cd BCCD
This is where the the script exits for making bootable USB from BCCD ISO
Download the ISO from appropriate links
--64-Bit
$ wget http://cluster.earlham.edu/bccd-ng/snapshot/bccd_latest.amd64.iso.md5 $ wget http://cluster.earlham.edu/bccd-ng/snapshot/bccd_latest.amd64.iso
--32-Bit
$ wget http://cluster.earlham.edu/bccd-ng/snapshot/bccd_latest.i386.iso.md5 $ wget http://cluster.earlham.edu/bccd-ng/snapshot/bccd_latest.i386.iso
CheckSum Report:
To see if the ISO was downloaded 100% correctly
$ md5sum bccd_latest.amd64.iso
92af26a2499d88f67149aa90b6bad055 bccd_latest.amd64.iso
$ cat bccd_latest.amd64.iso.md5
MD5 (bccd_latest.amd64.iso) = 92af26a2499d88f67149aa90b6bad055
$ md5sum bccd_latest.i386.iso
443eb59f7a41439cd7c953d5d00c3a86 bccd_latest.i386.iso
$ cat bccd_latest.i386.iso.md5
MD5 (bccd_latest.i386.iso) = 443eb59f7a41439cd7c953d5d00c3a86
Second Making Bootable USB
The next step will be to insert the 4G USB drive (the Intel one) into the machine, wait a couple seconds, and then do
$ sudo ./build_bootable_USB.sh /dev/sdb bccd_latest.amd64.iso
This is the usual procedure for running the script. The thing that can vary is /dev/sdb; usually this will be the location of the USB, but if there is another USB connected it might actually be /dev/sdc.
NOTE: To see find out the memory partitions run the following command:
$ ls /dev/sd*
or
$ dmesg
ISO TESTING REPORT
LIVEMODE --From USB
64-bit
Most of the Modules such as: GalaxSee, Life, Param_space etc.. worked fine. CUDA had path issue. Error = ld: cannot find -lcudart.
It was solved by setting up the right LDFLAGS paths to -L/bccd/software/cuda/3.2.16/Linux/BCCD/x86_64/lib64. This should be fixed for the Module also.
Network Managment
$ bccd-nic-setup
$ sudo /bin/bccd-reset-network
worked fine: and generated no errors. although the issue of listing for dhcp queries on the external nic still existed. Which we found a fix for it
The Default for dhcp initscript interfaces was set to NULL. by changing it to eth0, now it only listens to queries on its internal nic.
Liberating BCCD
$ sudo perl /root/liberate.pl --libdev /dev/sda
Liberation pased 77 out of 78 tests. Test # 8 failed.
not ok 8 - Set LVM PV partition type.
LIBERATED -- From Hard Disk
64-bit
Network Setup Managment
$ bccd-nic-setup $ sudo /bin/bccd-reset-network
Network setup workd smoothly. No Errors. Same fix as above.
PXE-BOOTING
- PXE-Booting is working.
- All the Modules both compiles and run fine with openmpi and mpich2.
32-bit
Network Setup Managment
$ bccd-nic-setup $ sudo /bin/bccd-reset-network
Network setup workd smoothly. No Errors. but still listing on its external nic for dhcp queries. Same fix for it as mentioned above.
- all the Moduels do not compile or run on the 32-bit. - CUDA: compiles fine, but does not generate the right results. for example, ./hello-world 10 10, both comlumns are 0 0 on the livemode. but on the liberated mode it works fine.
Final: Comments/Suggestions/Objection/Question/?/?
We seem to be ready for a release Candidate. I could generate a Release Candidate when I get the thumbs up...
