[xcat-user] MAC messages flood when using winstall

[gvijeeth at gmail.c. (V. Reddy)]

Sorry for the late reply. Yes I have dumps of rhws and rhas in the
/install directory on management node which is defined in noderes.tab
file.

I am not able to boot the compute nodes from /tftpboot directory
either with the nodeset to boot or install.

Can any one please suggest me how to troubleshoot the tftp problem ?

Here is the out put of pxelinux.0 file when I run the mkstage for tftpboot

0123456789abcdef Copyright (C) 1994-2003 H. Peter Anvin
boot: 
Could not find kernel image: 
Invalid or corrupt kernel image.
It appears your computer has less than 320K of low ("DOS")
RAM.  Linux needs at least this amount to boot.  If you get
this message in error, hold down the Ctrl key while
booting, and I will take your word for it.
Unknown keyword in config file.
Missing parameter in config file.
Could not find ramdisk image: 
Not enough memory to load specified kernel.
Kernel transfer failure.
Cannot load a ramdisk with an old kernel image.
: attempted DOS system call
COMBOOT image too large.
BSS images not supported.
A20 gate not responding!
Boot failed: press a key to retry, or wait for reset...
No !PXE or PXENV+ API found; we're dead...
PXE API call failed, error 
Failed to initialize UDP stack
TFTP server does not support the tsize option
Found PXENV+ structure
Old PXE API detected, using PXENV+ structure
PXE API version is 
PXE entry point found (we hope) at 
PXENV entry point found (we hope) at 
Scanning memory for !PXE structure... 
Scanning memory for PXENV+ structure... 
UNDI data segment at:   
UNDI data segment size: 
UNDI code segment at:   
UNDI code segment size: 
Failed to free base memory, error 
not found
My IP address seems to be 
TFTP prefix: 
Booting from local disk...
Command line: 
Ready.
Trying to load: 
Loading 
 aborted.
default
PXELINUX 2.07 2003-11-22 
pxelinux.cfg/initrd=BOOTIF=
.cbt.0
.com
octet
tsize
blksize
1440
tsize option required
linux auto
BOOT_IMAGE=

And attached the bmp file the output of the winstall window.

Please help me in solving this problem.

Thanks,
Vijeeth





On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:21:51 -0600, Egan Ford <eg...@se...> wrote:
> You only have to change nodetype.tab.
> 
> Did you run copycds for both the WS and the AS CDs?
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vijeeth Reddy [mailto:gvi...@gm...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 11:10 AM
> > To: xca...@li...
> > Subject: Re: [xcat-user] MAC messages flood when using winstall
> > Importance: High
> >
> >
> > Yes it is .15. I have ran the stage2 i.e makedhcp and getmac.
> >
> > When change the OS type in nodetype.tab to RHWS3 its working fine
> > without any errors for eth0 & eth1.
> >
> > But I am not able to install the RHAS3. when I change that its
> > throwing that message after the kernel boot.
> >
> > Do I have to change any other cfg files to change the OS
> > other than nodetype ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vijeeth
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Mike S Galicki <mga...@us...>
> > Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:33:12 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [xcat-user] MAC messages flood when using winstall
> > To: xca...@li...
> >
> >
> >
> > Is .15 the IP address the server is supposed to get? Or is this your
> > dynamic range? By default nodes will go to stage2 and mac address
> > collection if there is no match in dhcpd.conf. Have you done stage 2
> > and mac address collection already? You familiar with makedhcp --new
> > and makedhcp <noderange>?
> > BTW: Have you changed your IP address scheme since you started? You'll
> > want to rerun the makedhcp command and potentially want to blow away
> > the files in /tftpboot. You can regenerate these files by running
> > /opt/xcat/stage/mkstage. Then nodeset <noderange> install. I'll do
> > this every once in a while if I'm having some boot problems. If your
> > really interested in whats going on watch your machine pxe boot and
> > watch the files it tries to load from /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/ Trace
> > the files to see why it not catching a match with "install" in the
> > contents of the text file. You'll see you're probably falling all the
> > way down to the "default" file. Which should say stage2 inside it.
> >
> >
> > Mike Galicki
> > Technical Consultant
> > IGS Americas Linux Services Team
> > San Francisco, CA
> > Cellular Phone 415-606-4551 (preferred)
> > 415-545-4122 T/L 473-4122
> > Internet ID: mga...@us...
> >
> > "If you do nothing, they'll win"
> > Vijeeth Reddy <gvi...@gm...>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Vijeeth Reddy <gvi...@gm...>
> >
> > 08/23/2004 09:04 PM
> > Please respond to xcat-user
> >
> > To: xca...@li...
> > cc:
> > Subject: Re: [xcat-user] MAC messages flood when using winstall
> >
> > To: xca...@li...
> > cc:
> > Subject: Re: [xcat-user] MAC messages flood when using winstall
> >
> > Here is the output.
> >
> > nodeset dev-head stat
> > dev-head: install rhas3-x86_64-head-head.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vijeeth
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Scott Denham <sd...@us...>
> > Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:54:45 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [xcat-user] MAC messages flood when using winstall
> > To: gvi...@gm...
> > Cc: xca...@li...
> >
> >
> >
> > It looks suspiciously like your node is booting the Stage2 kernel
> > instead of the installer.
> >
> > What does nodeset <nodename> stat return for this node?
> >
> >
> > ||=- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =-
> > =- =- =- =- =-
> > || Scott S. Denham
> > || HPC Technical Architect
> > || Petroleum Lead - Deep Computing Technical Team
> > || IBM Systems & Technology Group
> > || Two Riverway Email: sd...@us...
> > || Houston, TX 77056 Voice/Fax: 713.940.1178
> > || (CST / GMT - 6)
> > ||=- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =- =-
> > =- =- =- =- =-
> >
> > Vijeeth Reddy <gvi...@gm...>
> >
> >
> >
> > Vijeeth Reddy <gvi...@gm...>
> >
> > 08/23/2004 03:43 PM
> >
> > Please respond to
> > xcat-user
> >
> >
> > To
> > xca...@li...
> >
> >
> > cc
> >
> >
> >
> > Subject
> > [xcat-user] MAC messages flood when using winstall
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Below is the output when I try to install using winstall. Can anyone
> > pls advice whats going wrong with DHCP or MAC?
> >
> >
> > eth0: Broadcom BCM5701 Integrated Copper transceiver found
> > eth0: Scatter-gather ON, 64-bit DMA ON, Tx Checksum ON, Rx Checksum
> > ON, 802.1Q VLAN ON
> > eth1: Broadcom BCM5704 1000Base-T found at mem fc030000, IRQ 7, node
> > addr 000d601460ad
> > eth1: Broadcom BCM5704 Integrated Copper transceiver found
> > eth1: Scatter-gather ON, 64-bit DMA ON, Tx Checksum ON, Rx Checksum
> > ON, 802.1Q VLAN ON
> > DHCP attempt on eth0
> > bcm5700: eth0 NIC Link is UP, 1000 Mbps full duplex, receive &
> > transmit flow control ON
> > bcm5700: eth1 NIC Link is UP, 1000 Mbps full duplex
> > MAC-00:0D:60:14:60:AC-MAC
> > ALLMACSTART
> > mac:eth1-00:0D:60:14:60:AD-eth1:mac
> > ALLMACEND
> > PING 172.20.237.1 (172.20.237.1) from 172.20.237.15 : 56(84)
> > bytes of data.
> > 64 bytes from 172.20.237.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.383 ms
> >
> > --- 172.20.237.1 ping statistics ---
> > 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% loss, time 0ms
> > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.383/0.383/0.383/0.000 ms
> > MAC-00:0D:60:14:60:AC-MAC
> > ALLMACSTART
> > mac:eth1-00:0D:60:14:60:AD-eth1:mac
> > ALLMACEND
> > MAC-00:0D:60:14:60:AC-MAC
> > ALLMACSTART
> > mac:eth1-00:0D:60:14:60:AD-eth1:mac
> > ALLMACEND
> > MAC-00:0D:60:14:60:AC-MAC
> > ALLMACSTART
> > mac:eth1-00:0D:60:14:60:AD-eth1:mac
> > ALLMACEND
> > PING 172.20.237.1 (172.20.237.1) from 172.20.237.15 : 56(84)
> > bytes of data.
> > 64 bytes from 172.20.237.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.214 ms
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vijeeth
> >
> 
>
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