Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 05:30:45 -0800 (PST) From: Maya Haridasan <mayaunb@yahoo.com> To: Paul Dlug <paul@nerdlabs.com> Cc: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting Freebsd 4.10 Message-ID: <20050223133045.52273.qmail@web30409.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <c9cface6e508b7470355409f34067871@nerdlabs.com>
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> On Feb 22, 2005, at 5:59 PM, Maya Haridasan wrote: > > > I'm setting up a testbed in a cluster of blade > servers and I've been > > trying to boot freebsd 4.10 on the nodes. They > hang immediately after > > BTX loader version 1.0. I believe this might have > something to do with > > the serial console (the nodes don't have a serial > console). Would > > anyone have any clues about what this could be? > Else, would you have > > any suggestions as to how I could try to "debug" > the problem - any > > files that I might try to modify to test if the > boot process goes > > further? > > If it's an IBM/Intel blade server I may be having > the same problem you > are: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-February/ > > 011944.html > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-February/ > > 012161.html > > I haven't tried 4.10, 5.2.1 works for me if you do a > PXE boot with > scripted sysinstall. 5.3 I cannot get to go > anywhere. > > --Paul > > Thanks. No, ours are not IBM/Intel, but Nexcom. I'm almost convinced it is a problem with the serial console. Yesterday I was able to boot it by deleting the file /boot/loader from the image. Loader tries to probe the console and I believe that's where the boot gets stuck. I still have to figure out the implications of removing the file altogether, but at least it's a start. Thanks, Maya __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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