Re: [Testbed-admins] MFS images, Generic Images, and customization

[Jonathan Walsh <jonathan.d.walsh@lmco.com>]

Leigh Stoller wrote:
> > It is in "reloading" I'm guessing it needs to be in "hwdown"...  do
> > I move the node into hwdown with nfree? or is there another way?
>
> If it is in reloading, you should be able to boot it. Take a look at
> /usr/testbed/log/bootinfo.log to see if pxeboot is getting far enough
> to query it.
>
> But probably best to move it to hwdown:
>
> boss> wap sched_reserve emulab-ops hwdown pcXXX
> boss> wap nfree emulab-ops reloading pcXXX
>
> > So what do I lose by using pxeboot.emu-null instead of pxeboot.emu-sio
> > or pxeboot.emu-vga?
>
> I think it means no console, output goes into the bit bucket. :-)
>
> Lbs
>
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Ben,

I have some machines that are pretty similar to yours, and I was able to
boot using pxeboot.emu-sio successfully.  Is that failing for you in
some way?  It is going to be harder to work without console or vga...

-Jonathan