[SSI-users] gPXE booting node hangs after "loading initrd.........ready."

[Shane <cor...@gm...>]

I am trying to boot a node into my cluster.  When I boot the node using
etherboot it loads the kernel and then loads the initrd image and then
hangs..  numlock key still works but the system does nothing else at this
point.  I am not sure if this is an issue of a bad initrd image or lack of
correct modules loaded. I have the following modules in my initrd image:

via_rhine
8139too
3c59x

I got a few errors running mkinitrd:


mkinitrd -o /tftpboot/initrd 2.6.12-ssi-686-smp
cpio: initrd/lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 not created: newer or same age version
exists
cpio: initrd/lib/libcluster.so.0 not created: newer or same age version
exists
6488+0 records in
6488+0 records out
6643712 bytes (6.6 MB) copied, 0.433489 s, 15.3 MB/s
mke2fs 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006)
cpio: ./dev/ida: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
cpio: ./dev/scsi: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
cpio: ./dev/ide: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
cpio: ./dev/mapper: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
cpio: ./dev/md: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
cpio: ./dev/cciss: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
10189 blocks
/tftpboot/initrd:        69.5% -- replaced with /tftpboot/initrd.gz




I am installing openssi on Debian lenny following this howto
http://deb.openssi.org/alpha/openssi-lenny/

I am using the 2.6.12-ssi-686-smp kernel.  My first node has the following
hardware setup:

Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78)

processor    : 0
vendor_id    : GenuineIntel
cpu family   : 15
model        : 2
model name   : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.00GHz
stepping     : 7
cpu MHz      : 2005.664
cache size   : 128 KB
fdiv_bug     : no
hlt_bug      : no
f00f_bug     : no
coma_bug     : no
fpu          : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level  : 2
wp      : yes
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov

pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid xtpr
bogomips     : 3948.54


The node I am trying to network boot has the following hardware setup

Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)


processor    : 3
vendor_id    : GenuineIntel
cpu family   : 6
model        : 10
model name   : Pentium III (Cascades)
stepping     : 0
cpu MHz      : 699.343
cache size   : 2048 KB
fdiv_bug     : no
hlt_bug      : no
f00f_bug     : no
coma_bug     : no
fpu          : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level  : 2
wp      : yes
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov

pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips     : 1398.65
clflush size : 32
power management:

This is a 4-cpu machine and has always ran with a 686 kernel in the past so
I'm not convinced its a kernel issue, tho I am no expert.  Any help would be

greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

Shane