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List:       npaci-rocks-discussion
Subject:    Re: [Rocks-Discuss] Unable to pxeboot new hardware
From:       Philip Papadopoulos <philip.papadopoulos () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-09-24 14:36:06
Message-ID: CACnkd5gz9vp0qEaWAA3Y_wZTQYphmPrqdxVGa4gnKEFk0qdqdA () mail ! gmail ! com
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Did you boot with compute node with rocks 5.4.3 or did you install a new
frontend?
I'm not sure exactly what test you performed.

-P

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Andrus, Brian Contractor <bdandrus@nps.edu
> wrote:

> Just tried the 5.4.3 iso.
> It gets stuck at the same place...
> 
> Brian Andrus
> ITACS/Research Computing
> Naval Postgraduate School
> Monterey, California
> voice: 831-656-6238
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: npaci-rocks-discussion-bounces@sdsc.edu [mailto:
> npaci-rocks-discussion-bounces@sdsc.edu] On Behalf Of Philip Papadopoulos
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 11:21 AM
> To: Discussion of Rocks Clusters
> Subject: Re: [Rocks-Discuss] Unable to pxeboot new hardware
> 
> Try the newest version of Rocks (5.4.3). 5.3 is pretty old install kernel,
> and it likely does not have support for the updated intel ethernet that is
> in that box.
> (Looks like intel, according to
> 
> http://www.tyan.com/product_SKU_spec.aspx?ProductType=BB&pid=412&SKU=600000150
> )
> 
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Andrus, Brian Contractor <
> bdandrus@nps.edu
> > wrote:
> 
> > It is the TYAN (FT72B7015).
> > I know there are minor issues such as only one of the NICs can pxeboot
> > (I am getting a pxeboot started). I have also plugged in all NICs to
> > ensure I am covered where some BIOses will 'change' the ether order
> > (so what was eth0 becomes eth1 and such).
> > 
> > Using Rocks 5.3
> > 
> > Brian Andrus
> > ITACS/Research Computing
> > Naval Postgraduate School
> > Monterey, California
> > voice: 831-656-6238
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: npaci-rocks-discussion-bounces@sdsc.edu [mailto:
> > npaci-rocks-discussion-bounces@sdsc.edu] On Behalf Of Philip
> > Papadopoulos
> > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 10:12 AM
> > To: Discussion of Rocks Clusters
> > Subject: Re: [Rocks-Discuss] Unable to pxeboot new hardware
> > 
> > Almost certainly, the linux installation kernel does not know how to
> > configure your ethernet card(s).
> > (BIOS can PXE in real memory mode, but the Linux kernel must have a
> > driver for the card to transition to protected memory).  Which version of
> Rocks?
> > What kind of HW?
> > 
> > -P
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Andrus, Brian Contractor
> > <bdandrus@nps.edu>wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello all!
> > > 
> > > I am having some grief on a new system that I am trying to pxeboot
> > > as a node on our cluster.
> > > It seems to hang at the 'Looking for Kickstart Keys'
> > > Eventually it appears to timeout, send termination signals and reboot.
> > > 
> > > Any idea how to troubleshoot this? I see nothing in the
> > > /var/log/messages or /var/log/httpd/access_log at all once it is at
> > > that
> > point.
> > > 
> > > Brian Andrus
> > > ITACS/Research Computing
> > > Naval Postgraduate School
> > > Monterey, California
> > > voice: 831-656-6238
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