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How to install Lustre on Ubuntu 9.04


source: http://ahmetuludag.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/how-to-install-lustre-on-ubuntu-9-04/

  • We get some utilities for compiling kernel: 

apt-get install build-essential bin86 kernel-package libqt3-headers libqt3-mt-dev wget libncurses5 libncurses5-dev dpatch patch quilt
  • While compiling kernel with lustre patches, new versions of gcc cause some problems. So, we get an old version of gcc: 
apt-get install gcc-3.4
mv /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/gcc.bak
ln -s /usr/bin/gcc-3.4 /usr/bin/gcc
  • We install lustre source, lustre patch and lustre utilities:
apt-get install lustre-source linux-patch-lustre lustre-utils
  • Uncompress this file using the following commands:
cd /usr/src
tar jxvf lustre.tar.bz2
  • In /usr/src directory, we get a kernel source from kernel.org whose version (2.6.22) is supported by lustre patch:
wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.22.tar.gz
  • We uncompress the kernel source:
tar zxvf linux-2.6.22.tar.gz
  • Create a symbolic link for kernel source:
rm -f linux && ln -s linux-2.6.22 linux && cd linux
  • Copy the config file of running kernel. Then, you may make changes (if you want) on the config file using menuconfig. If you want to decrease the size of packages to be created, you can make inactive “Compile the kernel with debug info” option which is under “Kernel Hacking” section.
cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) .config && yes "" | make oldconfig
make menuconfig
  • Compile the kernel using following commands. (You can type any string to revision parameter):
export CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=3
make-kpkg clean
make-kpkg rootcmd fakeroot added-patches=lustre initrd append-to-version "-lustre-1.6.5.1" --revision=i386 kernel_image kernel_headers modules_image
  1. In the /usr/src directory, .deb packages has been created. Depending on the revision name you typed, their names may be different. Install the packages starting with “linux-headers”, “linux-image” and “lustre-modules” respectively:
cd /usr/src
dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.22-lustre-1.6.5.1_i386_i386.deb
dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.22-lustre-1.6.5.1_i386_i386.deb
dpkg -i lustre-modules-2.6.22-lustre-1.6.5.1_1.6.5.1_i386.deb
  • We installed the kernel which has lustre patch and lustre modules. Now, restart your computer and select the kernel you installed (2.6.22) on your boot screen:
reboot
  • After starting ubuntu with the 2.6.22 kernel, you may check your lustre installation issuing the following commands. If they do not give any error message, it means you installed lustre successfully:
sudo modprobe -v lnet
sudo modprobe -v lustre
sudo modprobe -v ldiskfs