Re: [Testbed-admins] Can't bring up the first node

[Mike Hibler <mike@flux.utah.edu>]

So I was unable to reproduce this.  But our pe1950 only has 8GB of RAM in it.
If you are feeling daring, you could try to remove half the memory from your
machine, and we can see if the problem is related.  I doubt it though.

Tomorrow, I will see if I can temporarily snag another 8GB out of the 2950
we have.

On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 02:29:49PM -0400, Espinola, Derek wrote:
> The pe1950 has 16GB DDR2 667Mhz of memory.  Unfortunately the machines are not capable of reaching the outside world.
> 
> -Derek
> 
> 
> On 8/7/09 12:53 PM, "Mike Hibler" <mike@flux.utah.edu> wrote:
> 
> I think it is very much related to the machine type.  I believe the other
> reports were on 1950s or 2950s.  How much physical memory do you have in
> the machine?
> 
> It just so happens that we have a 1950, so I will try to reproduce the
> problem.  But in case I can't, can we get access to you machine?  Do you
> have a serial console and remote power control?
> 
> On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 12:31:56PM -0400, Espinola, Derek wrote:
> > The kernel.GENERIC.6.4  had the same end result.  Do think this could be hardware related? This a dell pe1950 machine.
> >
> > -Derek
> >
> > On 8/6/09 1:53 PM, "Mike Hibler" <mike@flux.utah.edu> wrote:
> >
> > This has happen to a couple of people now, and the time I tried to track
> > it down, it stopped happening.  The problem is that the code that asks the
> > BIOS for the memory map is not working (as indicated by the 0MB of RAM
> > available in the message below).
> >
> > Just a couple of days ago, I built a 6.4 kernel based on the current 6.4
> > stable sources:
> >
> >  http://www.emulab.net/downloads/kernel.GENERIC.6.4.gz
> >
> > Download that into your /tftpboot/freebsd.newnode/boot directory,
> > unzip it, run "./prepare" and try again.  That way we can rule out any
> > bug that has already been fixed.
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 01:39:26PM -0400, Espinola, Derek wrote:
> > > When pxe booting, it gets as far as:
> > > ....
> > > ...
> > > Real memory = 655360 ( 0MB )
> > > Avail memory = 1154688 ( 0MB )
> > > Panic : hashinit : bad elements
> > > Kdb : enter : panic
> > > [Threadpid 01 id 0 ]
> > > Stopped at kb_enter+0x2b :nop
> > > Db>
> > >
> > > I checked the bootinfo.log
> > >
> > > Aug  6 06:54:19 boss-nlet bootinfo[897]: iptonodeid: No such nodeid: 172.19.5.254
> > > Aug  6 06:54:19 boss-nlet bootinfo[897]: Unable to convert IP to nodeid for 172.19.5.254!
> > > Aug  6 06:54:19 boss-nlet bootinfo[897]: 172.19.5.254: nonexistent IP, booting 'emulab-ops,NEWNODE-MFS'
> > > Aug  6 06:54:19 boss-nlet bootinfo[897]: iptonodeid: No such nodeid: 172.19.5.254
> > > Aug  6 06:54:19 boss-nlet bootinfo[897]: Unable to convert IP to nodeid for 172.19.5.254!
> > > Aug  6 06:54:19 boss-nlet bootinfo[897]: 172.19.5.254: REPLY: boot from mfs /tftpboot/freebsd.newnode
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > -Derek
> >
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