[Ocfs2-users] Problem installing OCFS 1.2.3

[Sunil Mushran]

Lin Shen (lshen) wrote:
> That worked, thanks.
>
> I'm a newbie to OCFS2, so bear with me if some of my questions sound too
> trivial. I couldn't find the answers either in FAQ or User's Guide.
>
> 1. Does OCFS2 need gnbd (or similar thing) to work with off-the-shelf PC
> boxes like GFS does? If I have two nodes A and B, each has a partition.
> How do I include both partitions into a single instance of OCFS2 file
> system? 
>
>   
you need a shared disk. you can use iscsi.
> 2. Does OCFS2 support cross-node RAID? 
>   
no
> 3. How easy is it to port OCFS2 onto a different transport protocol such
> as TIPC?
o2net code is pretty well contained and isolated. while we have 
discussed tipc,
not sure if we ever gave it a serious look.

> lin      
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sunil Mushran [mailto:Sunil.Mushran at oracle.com] 
>> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 1:21 PM
>> To: Lin Shen (lshen)
>> Cc: ocfs2-users at oss.oracle.com
>> Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] Problem installing OCFS 1.2.3
>>
>> depmod -a ?
>>
>> Lin Shen (lshen) wrote:
>>     
>>> Switched the kernel to 2.6.9-42.Elsmp, still got the same error.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [root at cfs2 Desktop]# uname -a
>>> Linux cfs2 2.6.9-42.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jul 12 23:27:17 EDT 2006 i686 
>>> i686
>>> i386 GNU/Linux
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Sunil Mushran [mailto:Sunil.Mushran at oracle.com]
>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 12:08 PM
>>>> To: Lin Shen (lshen)
>>>> Cc: ocfs2-users at oss.oracle.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] Problem installing OCFS 1.2.3
>>>>
>>>> Refer to the FAQ. The module's kernel version should match 
>>>>         
>> the kernel 
>>     
>>>> version.
>>>>
>>>> Lin Shen (lshen) wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> The kernel I'm using is: 
>>>>>
>>>>> [root at cfs2 Desktop]# uname -a
>>>>> Linux cfs2 2.6.9-42.7.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue Sep 5 18:29:39 EDT 
>>>>>           
>> 2006 i686
>>     
>>>>> i686
>>>>> i386 GNU/Linux
>>>>>
>>>>> So I installed ocfs2-2.6.9-42.ELsmp-1.2.3-1.i686.rpm.
>>>>>
>>>>> While trying to load the modules, I got the following error:
>>>>>
>>>>> [root at cfs2 Desktop]# /etc/init.d/o2cb load Loading module
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> "configfs": 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Unable to load module "configfs"
>>>>> Failed
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> lin
>>>>>
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