From owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 22 22:59:42 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33B4C16A4DE for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:59:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web30407.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web30407.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.200.110]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A92EF43D53 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:59:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mayaunb@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 29421 invoked by uid 60001); 22 Feb 2005 22:59:41 -0000 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=tmoZja2cfA175XObJJvRgj5hnTcaoqvgb0bc0ys13FAtVuOiROEX7lFuS6ceSt0aj2/JOXmgaWFF1Cbu1PVfoV5oUw2JRUPsiRpauTsaZD+8SvIemHn5qmdXRj9ggrXetovbkC7jRdYdQMMhiagPAmgdBp/hBJnqMazMVWiVK6o= ; Message-ID: <20050222225941.29419.qmail@web30407.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [128.84.223.113] by web30407.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:59:41 PST Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:59:41 -0800 (PST) From: Maya Haridasan To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: booting Freebsd 4.10 X-BeenThere: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Clustering FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:59:42 -0000 Hi, I'm setting up a testbed in a cluster of blade servers and I've been trying to boot freebsd 4.10 on the nodes. They hang immediately after BTX loader version 1.0. I believe this might have something to do with the serial console (the nodes don't have a serial console). Would anyone have any clues about what this could be? Else, would you have any suggestions as to how I could try to "debug" the problem - any files that I might try to modify to test if the boot process goes further? Thanks a lot, Maya __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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(paul@nerdlabs.com@24.187.126.106) by mail.geekisp.com with (RC4-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 23 Feb 2005 01:16:46 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20050222225941.29419.qmail@web30407.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20050222225941.29419.qmail@web30407.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Paul Dlug Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:16:56 -0500 To: Maya Haridasan X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) cc: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting Freebsd 4.10 X-BeenThere: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Clustering FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:17:02 -0000 On Feb 22, 2005, at 5:59 PM, Maya Haridasan wrote: > I'm setting up a testbed in a cluster of blade servers and I've been > trying to boot freebsd 4.10 on the nodes. They hang immediately after > BTX loader version 1.0. I believe this might have something to do with > the serial console (the nodes don't have a serial console). Would > anyone have any clues about what this could be? Else, would you have > any suggestions as to how I could try to "debug" the problem - any > files that I might try to modify to test if the boot process goes > further? If it's an IBM/Intel blade server I may be having the same problem you are: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-February/ 011944.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-February/ 012161.html I haven't tried 4.10, 5.2.1 works for me if you do a PXE boot with scripted sysinstall. 5.3 I cannot get to go anywhere. --Paul From owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 23 12:32:47 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CD7B16A4CE for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:32:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vidor.artis.hu (corvus.adsl.datanet.hu [195.56.96.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAD4243D2D for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:32:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from piiti@mailbox.hu) Received: from [192.168.0.33] ([192.168.0.33]) by vidor.artis.hu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j1NCWIP26219 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:32:23 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) In-Reply-To: <20050223120041.6018F16A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050223120041.6018F16A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: pi Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:32:40 +0100 To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) Subject: Re: freebsd-cluster Digest, Vol 36, Issue 1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Clustering FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:32:47 -0000 Hang, or kernel not found or ... ? http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/09/30/diskless_clients.html :)) On Feb 23, 2005, at 1:00 PM, freebsd-cluster-request@freebsd.org wrote: > Send freebsd-cluster mailing list submissions to > freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-cluster > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > freebsd-cluster-request@freebsd.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > freebsd-cluster-owner@freebsd.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of freebsd-cluster digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. booting Freebsd 4.10 (Maya Haridasan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:59:41 -0800 (PST) > From: Maya Haridasan > Subject: booting Freebsd 4.10 > To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <20050222225941.29419.qmail@web30407.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi, > > I'm setting up a testbed in a cluster of blade servers and I've been > trying to boot freebsd 4.10 on the nodes. They hang immediately after > BTX loader version 1.0. I believe this might have something to do with > the serial console (the nodes don't have a serial console). Would > anyone have any clues about what this could be? Else, would you have > any suggestions as to how I could try to "debug" the problem - any > files that I might try to modify to test if the boot process goes > further? > > Thanks a lot, > Maya > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com From owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb > 23 01:17:01 2005 > Return-Path: > Delivered-To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org > Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) > by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB87716A4CE > for ; > Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:17:01 +0000 (GMT) > Received: from sanddollar.geekisp.com (sanddollar.geekisp.com > [204.89.131.97]) > by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30F5043D1F > for ; > Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:17:01 +0000 (GMT) > (envelope-from paul@nerdlabs.com) > Received: (qmail 12419 invoked by uid 1003); 23 Feb 2005 01:16:46 -0000 > Received: from ool-18bb7e6a.dyn.optonline.net (HELO ?192.168.1.100?) > (paul@nerdlabs.com@24.187.126.106) > by mail.geekisp.com with (RC4-SHA encrypted) SMTP; > 23 Feb 2005 01:16:46 -0000 > In-Reply-To: <20050222225941.29419.qmail@web30407.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > References: <20050222225941.29419.qmail@web30407.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Message-Id: > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > From: Paul Dlug > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:16:56 -0500 > To: Maya Haridasan > X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) > cc: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: booting Freebsd 4.10 > X-BeenThere: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org > X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 > Precedence: list > List-Id: Clustering FreeBSD > List-Unsubscribe: > , > > List-Archive: > List-Post: > List-Help: > List-Subscribe: > , > > > > On Feb 22, 2005, at 5:59 PM, Maya Haridasan wrote: > >> I'm setting up a testbed in a cluster of blade servers and I've been >> trying to boot freebsd 4.10 on the nodes. They hang immediately after >> BTX loader version 1.0. I believe this might have something to do with >> the serial console (the nodes don't have a serial console). Would >> anyone have any clues about what this could be? Else, would you have >> any suggestions as to how I could try to "debug" the problem - any >> files that I might try to modify to test if the boot process goes >> further? > > If it's an IBM/Intel blade server I may be having the same problem you > are: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-February/ > 011944.html > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-February/ > 012161.html > > I haven't tried 4.10, 5.2.1 works for me if you do a PXE boot with > scripted sysinstall. 5.3 I cannot get to go anywhere. > > --Paul > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-cluster > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-cluster-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > End of freebsd-cluster Digest, Vol 36, Issue 1 > ********************************************** > From owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 23 13:30:46 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 412BF16A4CE for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:30:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web30409.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web30409.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.200.112]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC03643D49 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:30:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mayaunb@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 52275 invoked by uid 60001); 23 Feb 2005 13:30:45 -0000 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=XMItqWu9LcJ+XpVZ6XStVLnvR5bvyZ5zKRlgGgZy/48L2WPqlTe6r+1CFLDdeRGSFFpQ+2ENLLFpOJs9fmbxsYW7qqDYfg0oLy/ITg0et2KbTIhdzfKE1uDhTNtNG1VlXE67Tf1PkYaJfhDFDmueCYSzTKadFCUvJyZHNaKaD54= ; Message-ID: <20050223133045.52273.qmail@web30409.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.238.83.44] by web30409.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 05:30:45 PST Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 05:30:45 -0800 (PST) From: Maya Haridasan To: Paul Dlug In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting Freebsd 4.10 X-BeenThere: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Clustering FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:30:46 -0000 > On Feb 22, 2005, at 5:59 PM, Maya Haridasan wrote: > > > I'm setting up a testbed in a cluster of blade > servers and I've been > > trying to boot freebsd 4.10 on the nodes. They > hang immediately after > > BTX loader version 1.0. I believe this might have > something to do with > > the serial console (the nodes don't have a serial > console). Would > > anyone have any clues about what this could be? > Else, would you have > > any suggestions as to how I could try to "debug" > the problem - any > > files that I might try to modify to test if the > boot process goes > > further? > > If it's an IBM/Intel blade server I may be having > the same problem you > are: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-February/ > > 011944.html > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-February/ > > 012161.html > > I haven't tried 4.10, 5.2.1 works for me if you do a > PXE boot with > scripted sysinstall. 5.3 I cannot get to go > anywhere. > > --Paul > > Thanks. No, ours are not IBM/Intel, but Nexcom. I'm almost convinced it is a problem with the serial console. Yesterday I was able to boot it by deleting the file /boot/loader from the image. Loader tries to probe the console and I believe that's where the boot gets stuck. I still have to figure out the implications of removing the file altogether, but at least it's a start. Thanks, Maya __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail