Ubuntu Hardy - How To Build Lustre and its own Kernel (english version)

First of All, we have to create our own kernel.
The last version of Lustre, supports only kernel 2.6.22.19, and that`s the one we will use here!

1) Install Some basic packages:
apt-get install quilt gcc kernel-package libncurses5-dev fakeroot bzip2

2) Download Lustre v1.6.5.1 [1] and Linux Kernel v2.6.22.19 [2]
[1] wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.22.19.tar.bz2
[2] wget http://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/VerifyItem-Start/lustre-1.6.5.1.tar.gz?BundledLineItemUUID=SPxIBe.oR9wAAAEcxT42deOP&OrderID=MlNIBe.o4.4AAAEclj42deOP&ProductID=rSBIBe.odnoAAAEa0ZoGct.T&FileName=/lustre-1.6.5.1.tar.gz

3) Unzip these files to /usr/src
bunzip2 (linux source)
tar -xf (linux source)
tar -xf (lustre source)

4) Create some symlinks for the sources (just to make it ease)
ln -s (linux source path)
ln -s (lustre source path)

5) in linux source's directory, create symlinks for /patche e /series from Lustre path.
ln -s /usr/src/lustre/kernel_patches/series/2.6.22-vanille.series series
ln -s /usr/src/lustre/kernel_patches/patches patches
quilt -av push

6) Redirect SH (to use some new features)
rm -f /bin/sh
ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh

7) Copy your actual boot configuration file to the linux source directory.
cp /boot/config-2.6.24-19-server ./.config

8) make-kpkg clean

9) make menuconfig (go to the LOAD option and save your new .config file)

10) Let`s rock... (after that, go take a coffee, take your dog for a walk...)
fakeroot make-kpkg -initrd -append-to-version=-(nome qualquer) kernel_image kernel_headers

11) The previous command will create 2 packages with .deb extension (headers and image). Execute the following command for each:
dpkg -i (file names, first headers and after the imagem)

12) Reboot your computer and let`s install LUSTRE (remember to keep the compiled files of your kernel)
cd /usr/src/lustre
./configure --with-linux=/usr/src/linux-2.6.22 (important to put the hole kernel path!!!)
make
make install

Voila!!! We are done ...
Now you just have to configure your cluster!

Have a Good job...
- Renato Leite