Ragnar,
This has come up a few times lately.
The problem seems to be that your video card
doesn't support the LPP kernel. That is the kernel
with the graphic boot screen.
So, always test first with the non-lpp kernel.
Hope that helps,
Jim McQuillan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ragnar Wisl�ff wrote:
> I'm struggling with a workstation which will not boot properly. I'm using
> LTSP 3 on a RHL 7.2 system.
>
> The ws uses a 3c509b-tpo in PnP mode and an STB Nitro 3D (GX) video card.
> During boot it finds its ip address and the kernel is sent across. The last
> messages before it freezes are
>
> mknbi-1.2.6/first32.c (GPL)
> 65536k total memory
> Ramdisk at 0X03F8E000, size 0X00072000
> You passed an undefined mode number
> Press <RETURN> to see video modes available, <SPACE> to continue or wait
> 30secs
>
> Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
>
> I've tried a different video card, then it seems OK. I've tried various X
> servers (The chipset on the card says S3 Virge/GX, although www.xfree86.org
> says it should use XF86_SVGA) and 'auto'. All same problem.
>
> Then I've got a question regarding the 3c509b-tpo. Can this be run in PnP
> mode (I've got a number of these and was hoping to avoid having to turn off
> PnP)? My card stops at trying to do the second dhcp request. I have
> option-128 e4:45:74:68:00:00;
> option-129 "NIC=3c509";
> in the dhcpd.conf file. (dhcpd server is ISC 2.0pl5)
>
> Finally, how do I, in the option-129 line, handle a 3c503, which requires the
> 8390 module to be inserted prior to the 3c503?
>
> Thanks,
>
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