[Planetlab-devel] Problems when booting myplc nodes

[Liu, Xuan (UMKC-Student)]

Hi all,

We are trying to install nodes in MyPLC, but we have some problems during the booting process. I added the nodes in MyPLC, set the boot status as reinstall, and downloaded the image. When I put the disk in the machine, I got following messages, and the booting process got stuck at "fetching script from boot server geni-myplc.ksu.gpeni.net". 
I can ping the node's IP address, so it seems like the eth0 is up, but I just can't get script from the server. 




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Bringing up lookback interface:             [OK]
Bringing up interface eth0: 0000:00:19.0: eth0: Link is Up 1000Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE):eth0: link becomes ready
grep: /etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory
cat: /etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory
cp: cannot Stat '/etc/resolv.conf' : No such file or directory
                                                                                          [OK]
pl_netinit: network online
pl_sysinit: attempting to sync clock
step time server 74.207.249.60 offset 0.596804 sec
pl_boot: generating new nonce
pl_boot: fetching script from boot server geni-myplc.ksu.gpeni.net
..............

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Waits forever.

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This machine is a node in the geni-myplc.ksu.gpeni.net distributed network. It has not fully booted yet. If you have cancelled the boot process at the request of geni-myplc.ksu.gpeni.net Support, please follow the instructions provided to you. Otherwise, please contact  rohrej at ittc.ku.edu

Console login at this point is restricted to root. Provide the root password of the default geni-myplc.ksu.gpeni.net Central administrator account at the time that this CD was created.

When I check the boot status after this, it's still in the reinstall status, not even showed failboot. 

Last time when we first installed the nodes, the problem was MTU issue, but we solved it last time. Now we just downloaded a new boot image, and reinstalled it again, and have this problem. 

If you need more information about our network setup, please let me know. 

Thanks in advance,

Xuan Liu
Department of Computer Science
University of Missouri, Kansas City