> -----Original Message----- > From: death2arti...@gmail.com [mailto:death2arti...@gmail.com] On Behalf > Of Devon Gleeson > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 7:50 PM > To: Ulf Zimmermann > Cc: Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > Subject: Re: [Soekris] net6501 pxe issues > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Devon Gleeson > <devon.glee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Ulf Zimmermann <u...@openlane.com> > wrote: > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: soekris-tech-boun...@lists.soekris.com [mailto:soekris-tech- > >>> boun...@lists.soekris.com] On Behalf Of Devon Gleeson > >>> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 6:21 PM > >>> To: Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > >>> Subject: [Soekris] net6501 pxe issues > >>> > >>> Hello everyone, > >>> > >>> I just bought the 6501 and I'm having problems getting the device to > >>> boot from pxe. The soekris is seeing my DHCP server and it's getting > >>> the right ip address from it. Here is the boot sequence on my net6501: > >>> Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.72 > >>> Copyright (C) 1997-2010, Intel Corporation > >>> > >>> CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 00 24 CE 6E 04 > >>> CLIENT IP: 192.168.2.15 MASK: 255.255.255.0 DHCP IP: 192.168.2.1 > >>> GATEWAY IP: 192.168.2.1 > >>> TFTP.. > >>> PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel Boot Agent. > >> > >> Based on the output of "TFTP.." and then existing, it seems not to find the > file it is expecting on the TFTP server. I had the same issue today (the . was > not readable by the tftpd server). > > > > Thanks for your help. It turns out that ubuntu has a default service > > that gets configured in /etc/default/tftp-hpa. Once I found that > > config I was able to get past the initial failure. > > > So I'm getting further, at least past the tftp bit: > > > > CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 00 24 CE 6E 04 > CLIENT IP: 192.168.2.15 MASK: 255.255.255.0 DHCP IP: 192.168.2.1 > GATEWAY IP: 192.168.2.1 > > PXELINUX 3.63 Debian-2008-07-15 Copyright (C) 1994-2008 H. Peter Anvin > UNDI data segment at: 0008F970 > UNDI data segment size: 63B0 > UNDI code segment at: 00085D20 > UNDI code segment size: 5210 > PXE entry point found (we hope) at 95D2:0106 > My IP address seems to be C0A8020F 192.168.2.15 > ip=192.168.2.15:192.168.2.2:192.168.2.1:255.255.255.0 > TFTP prefix: > Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/01-00-00-24-ce-6e-04 > Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/C0A8020F > b ot: to load: pxelinux.cfg/default > > but then it starts spitting random bits into the console. Does this > mean there is a problem with the pxelinux.cfg? > > --Devon
I assume this is your pxelinux.cfg file: > my ubuntu-installer/i386/boot-screens/text.cfg: > default cli > label install > menu label ^Install > menu default > kernel ubuntu-installer/i386/linux > append ks=http://192.168.2.2/ks.cfg vga=normal > initrd=ubuntu-installer/i386/initrd.gz -- quiet > label cli > menu label ^Command-line install > kernel ubuntu-installer/i386/linux > append ks=http://192.168.2.2/ks.cfg tasks=standard > pkgsel/language-pack-patterns= pkgsel/install-language-support=false > vga=normal initrd=ubuntu-installer/i386/initrd.gz -- quiet You need to tell the kernel that it's console is on serial port, add something like "console=ttyS0,115200n8". Make sure that the serial speed matches what you have in the bios set. _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
