4.1 Why you shouldn't do a Quick Start install

If you meet the criteria listed below and are very brave, you can try to install your cluster using the brief, mysterious, cryptic, terse, and obscure documentation in this section. Only those users who meet and understand all of the following criteria should attempt to use this ``Quick Start'' installation guide:

  1. You hate to read manuals, documentation, or other printed matter.
  2. You are a UNIX guru (you can use netcfg or an editor to configure network interfaces).
  3. Your cluster client nodes are on a private subnet.
  4. Your cluster server node has two network interfaces: one public, and one connected to the cluster client machines.
  5. The default RPM list supplied by OSCAR for your distribution (oscar-2.0b1/oscarsamples/<distro>-<version>-<arch>.rpmlist) is acceptable for your client nodes.
  6. You are using a distribution that is listed as Fully supported in Table 1.
  7. You know how to install your chosen distribution on a node.
  8. You've never read completely through the installation instructions of anything, ever.

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Table 1: OSCAR supported distributions
Distribution and Release Status
RedHat 7.1 Expermientally supported
RedHat 7.2 Fully supported
RedHat 7.3 Fully supported
Mandrake 8.2 Fully supported


If you decide that the quick install isn't for you, see the detailed installation instructions in Section 7 (page [*]). Throughout the quick install instructions, there are references to the appropriate section in the detailed installation instructions in parentheses at the end of each step.

If you run into unexpected problems during the install, see the detailed installation instructions or visit the OSCAR web site where up-to-date, post-release information is maintained.

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