On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 22:52 +0100, Gordan Bobic wrote: > David Teigland wrote: > > >> Even when I try to reboot the nodes, I can't because the whole system > >> hangs on various processes that don't ever shut down. I have to > >> physically reboot these boxes. > > > > If something has gone wrong, it's often impossible to shutdown without a hard > > reboot. Even when things are working, rebooting can be a delicate task > > because the system may easily be configured to stop things in the wrong order, > > and one thing out of place can cause a wreck. > > If things don't come down in the correct order using the standard init > scripts, you should file a bug report about this. I've never seen it > happen on any of my clusters. > I believe he means the administrator makes a configuration change to the init scripts which result in a shutdown not working. RHCS amplifies this problem somewhat so more care must be taken in these situations. regards -steve > Gordan > > -- > Linux-cluster mailing list > Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
