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

["Cheng Cui" <ccui1@tigers.lsu.edu>]

In my downloaded Emulab source code(emulab-080901):

In ../tftpboot/{FreeBSD.Newnode.README, FreeBSD_README, Frisbee_README},
there should mentioned about acpi.ko. It is not loaded by default. If
you want to add it into kernel, uncomment it in loader.conf.orig (don't
forget to return "prepare" afterward).

Best Regards,

Cheng Cui
578-5445 ? 231 Johnston Hall ? Baton Rouge, LA 70803

-----Original Message-----
From: burnettb317@gmail.com [mailto:burnettb317@gmail.com] On Behalf Of
Ben Burnett
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:46 AM
To: Cheng Cui; testbed-admins@flux.utah.edu
Subject: Re: [Testbed-admins] MFS images, Generic Images, and
customization

How do I add the ACPI module into the kernel?  I'f tried to find
documentation for this, but haven't found anything yet.  We have Dell
Poweredge 2950 - 2 Quad Core Intel Xeon E5450's.  Do I need to upgrade
the FC6 and the FBSD6.2 images to include newer hardware support ACPI
and any other modules?

We are currently getting a kernel panic on boot of the GENERIC image.

the error is:

"panic: hashinit: bad elements"

Thanks,
--Ben

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On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Cheng Cui<ccui1@tigers.lsu.edu> wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> I met this problem before. And after I added the ACPI module into
> kernel, it passed the dead "Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf". Maybe
> you need to customized the kernel of Generic image under the readmes
in
> tftpboot.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Cheng Cui
> 578-5445 ? 231 Johnston Hall ? Baton Rouge, LA 70803
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: testbed-admins-bounces@flux.utah.edu
> [mailto:testbed-admins-bounces@flux.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Ben Burnett
> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:53 AM
> To: Leigh Stoller; testbed-admins@flux.utah.edu; Hajime "Jim" Inoue
> Subject: Re: [Testbed-admins] MFS images, Generic Images, and
> customization
>
> ok, moving the nodes to HWDOWN worked to get interactive mode.   I am
> now using pxeboot.emu-vga (we don't have our tips server running yet,
> to use sio) ...
>
> so we've tried to boot both partitions, and they both fail, here is
> what happens:
>
> Results from
> Part:1   (FreeBSD)
>
> Loading MBR and booting system partition 1
> Pxe-end failed 1
>
> BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01
> Console: internal video/keyboard
> BIOS drive c: is disk0
> BIOS 640kB.......
>
> FreeBSD/i386 boostrap loader, rev 1.1
> (root@node.newimage.em........
> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
>
> And there is where it stops and does nothing more
> ping from boss... nothing, times out
> ssh from boss... nothing, times out
>
>
>
> Results from
> Part:2  (sysid 131)    (Linux)
>
> Enter boot spec sysid:131
> Boot
> Loading MBR and booting system 131
> GRUB loading stage 2
> Press any key to continue
> Press any key to continue
> Press any key to continue
> Press any key to continue
> Press any key to continue
> Uncompressing linux...ok, booting the kernel
>
> Then It does nothing
> Unable to slogin from console(boss)
> ping from boss... nothing, times out
> ssh from boss... nothing, times out
>
>
>
> Any help/ideas?   has anyone seen this behavior before?
>
> Thanks,
> --Ben
>
>
>
>
> Ben Burnett
>  R&D Software Engineer: wired, wireless, ad hoc, mesh networking,
>    network monitoring and data visualization
>  ATC (Architecture Technology Corporation)   http://www.atcorp.com/
>  bburnett@atcorp.com                         (952) 829-5864 x167
>  --------Views expressed are mine and not those of ATC--------
>  Personal:
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> http://ben.burnett.ws/
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/benburnett
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Jonathan
> Walsh<jonathan.d.walsh@lmco.com> wrote:
>> 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
>>
>>
>
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