rsync problem in systemimager

[Cedric Lambert]

Hello,

I'm working on the oscar-1.3 release with my Linux Itanium's cluster to
test cloning process via systemimager. 
After having succeeded to boot my client node via the network, when
running the following script : /var/lib/systemimager/scripts/ced1.sh
rsync is able to get small files (e.g : mkdosfs). However, when the
script tries to rsync the whole oscar image in the following way :

rsync -av --numeric-ids $IMAGESERVER::$IMAGENAME/ /a/ || shellout

there is automatically an error which is different at each run.

It can be :

...
/usr/lib/locale/ar_LY.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (62950 bytes read so far)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(151)

or :

receiving file list ... unexpected tag -7
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(299)

or :

receiving file list ... unexpected tag 114
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(299)

or :

mkdosfs 2.8 (28 Feb 2001)
receiving file list ... overflow : flags=0x73 l1=111 l2=197376
lastname=/usr/lib/locale/pt_PT.utf8 at euro/LC_CTYPE
ERROR: buffer overflow in receive_file_entry
rsync error: error allocating core memory buffers (code 22) at
util.c(238)


and then the following message appears :
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Your autoinstall has failed. Please send the above messages to
systemimager-discuss at lists.sf.net


After searching on the net and experimenting a lot of things, i have not
managed to find out the problem. Even if the rsync command (rsync -av
--numeric-ids $IMAGESERVER::$IMAGENAME/ /a/ ) looks to work between my
server and a client node booted on its hard drive (not booted via the
network). Between the nodes, a hub (Centre COM MR 820 TR) is present.


Remarks :  

Here are some information on the server system used :

- cat /etc/redhat-release : Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma)

- uname -a : Linux eolepriv 2.4.9-18smp #1 SMP Tue Dec 11 12:59:00 EST
2001 ia64 unknown

- release of rsync on the server and on the network booted client :
	rsync --version
	rsync version 2.4.6  protocol version 24
	Written by Andrew Tridgell and Paul Mackerras

- rsync on the server is running like this : /usr/bin/rsync --daemon
--config=/etc/systemimager/rsyncd.conf

- here is my rsyncd.conf :
more /etc/systemimager/rsyncd.conf
#
# "SystemImager"
#  
#  Copyright (C) 1999-2002 Brian Elliott Finley
<brian.finley at baldguysoftware.com>
#
#  $Id: 10header,v 1.1.2.2 2002/03/22 00:25:40 brianfinley Exp $
 
########################################################################
#                                                                      #
# WARNING:                                                             # 
#   This file is automatically generated by SystemImager, do not edit! #
#   Everything you add directly to this file will be lost the next     #
#   time it is generated.  See the update_si_rsync manpage for details # 
#   on how to have local entries added each time this file is          # 
#   generated.                                                         #
#                                                                      #
########################################################################

list = yes
timeout = 600
dont compress = *.gz *.tgz *.zip *.Z *.ZIP *.bz2 *.deb *.rpm *.dbf
uid = root
gid = root
use chroot = yes
log file = /var/log/systemimager/rsyncd

hosts allow = 102.1.1.104/255.255.255.0

[scripts]
path = /var/lib/systemimager/scripts

[i386-boot]
        path=/usr/share/systemimager/i386-boot

[ia64-boot]
        path=/usr/share/systemimager/ia64-boot

# only image entries below this line

[oscarimage]
        path=/var/lib/systemimager/images/oscarimage



Thanks for any help
Best regards,

Cédric Lambert

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