Once my node successfully checked in the emulab after it loads the default image (freebsd.newnode).
However, most of times, it hangs at the PXE boot stage. After it hung for a while, it prompted me the following message.
Type a key for interactive mode (quick, quick!)
"Enter boot spec:"
Then I loaded the default image manually by
"loader:/tftpboot/freebsd.newnode"
Then I ended up with the following error messages during the boot up process. The node is booted up, but it did not check in to the Emulab server.
URL is
http://dice.***.***.net/newnodecheckin.php?cpuspeed=499%2E91&diskdev=ad1&disksize=76319&role=testnode&ifacename0=vr0&ifacemac0=000024cb5558&ifacename1=vr1&ifacemac1=000024cb5559&ifacename2=vr2&ifacemac2=000024cb555a&ifacename3=vr3&ifacemac3=000024cb555b&messages=WARNING%3A%20vr1%20has%20no%20carrier%21%0AWARNING%3A%20vr2%20has%20no%20carrier%21%0AWARNING%3A%20vr3%20has%20no%20carrier%21%0A
fetch:
http://dice.***.***.net/newnodecheckin.php?cpuspeed=499%2E91&diskdev=ad1&disksize=76319&role=testnode&ifacename0=vr0&ifacemac0=000024cb5558&ifacename1=vr1&ifacemac1=000024cb5559&ifacename2=vr2&ifacemac2=000024cb555a&ifacename3=vr3&ifacemac3=000024cb555b&messages=WARNING%3A%20vr1%20has%20no%20carrier%21%0AWARNING%3A%20vr2%20has%20no%20carrier%21%0AWARNING%3A%20vr3%20has%20no%20carrier%21%0A: Connection refused
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/etc/emulab/newclient line 213.
This node's identifier is:
.
Additional TCP options:.
Note that the dice.***.***.net is on the same network as Boss. It is weird because the node is trying to check in to dice rather than to boss.
This problem is erratic since once it successfully checked in to Emulab but most of times it fails.
I would appreciate any comments.
Thank you.