Hi Mark, If this is a kernel that is newer than 2.6.22 you really need to be using the "wraplinux" program rather than mknbi.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/wraplinux The NBI files make with mknbi-linux may no longer work. You may also not have noticed that the top-of-tree git for etherboot: http://git.etherboot.org/?p=etherboot.git Has an rtl8169 driver, which would probably drive the 8110 chip in your test machine. You can use: http://rom-o-matic.net/etherboot/etherboot-git/etherboot.git/contrib/rom-o-matic/ to build an image with that driver in it. In terms of ongoing support, upgrading to gPXE is a much better idea, but for diagnosing and testing usage, perhaps trying it with etherboot and the r8169 driver will be useful. Please let us know how things go. Marty > Shao Miller wrote: >> Chapman, Mark wrote: >>> >>> Now what I have done is to purchase the Intel Atom motherboard that >>> has BIOS gPXE support (RTL8111D NIC) and it boots up showing the >>> following: >>> >>> ...tftpboot/nbi.img ...... ok >>> Mknbi-1.4.4/first32.c (ELF) (GPL) >>> Bad argument >>> >>> ...then stops. I am currently looking for a way around this so it >>> continues to boot. >>> >> Good day Mark, >> >> Could we please move any further discussion to the [email protected] >> mailing list? If you haven't done so already, you can subscribe at >> http://etherboot.org/mailman/listinfo/gpxe >> >> Your message corresponds to the quit() calls at either >> http://git.etherboot.org/?p=mknbi.git;a=blob;f=first32.c;h=be4c3df3cc654cd3819d59f970fa49bcf558289a;hb=5688d17613e41a1e1b6a0fdd30d16ef07ca79805#l739 >> or >> http://git.etherboot.org/?p=mknbi.git;a=blob;f=first32.c;h=be4c3df3cc654cd3819d59f970fa49bcf558289a;hb=5688d17613e41a1e1b6a0fdd30d16ef07ca79805#l511 >> >> >> Looking at the tests that happen just before the quit() calls might shed >> some insight. I see signature checks for the payload, for one thing. >> So... >> >> What exactly have you tried to wrap with MkNBI? Does this nbi.img >> currently boot in any scenario anywhere that you are aware of? >> >> - Shao Miller _______________________________________________ gPXE mailing list [email protected] http://etherboot.org/mailman/listinfo/gpxe
