Which network adapter, boot ROM and network boot protocol are you using?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 4:37 PM Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] trouble booting on Dell Optiplex 560/L > I've been successfully using LTSP 3.0.5 (on Debian Woody) on my home > network for several months. I obtained another "terminal" to add to the > system, but am having problems getting it to start up. I've tried two > different kernels (vmlinuz-2.4.9-ltsp-6 & vmlinuz-2.4.19-ltsp-1), but > the boot always hangs at the same place. The computer successfully > obtains its IP address from dhcp (192.168.1.51), and then successfully > loads the kernel via tftp. As soon as the kernel loads, however, the > following is displayed on the screen of the terminal: > > ........................done > A20 disabled via BIOS > mknbi-1.2-7/first32.c (GPL) > Top of ramdisk is 0X00000000 > Ramdisk at 0XFFF4D000, size 0X000B3000 > Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel. > > and it stops. > > Nothing unusual appears in the logs of the server, only the successful > dhcp request and the loading of the kernel via tftp. > > The computer is a Dell Optiplex 560/L, Pentium 60 with 16MB RAM. I can > boot Tom's Root/Boot without any problems, so the computer will at least > work with a Linux kernel. Does anyone have any idea why the ltsp > kernels won't load on this machine? Since there are no error messages > on the terminal itself, and nothing else is logged to the server, I'm at > a loss as to why the boot process won't continue. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated...I love giving these old > computers a new lease on life! :-) > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.441 / Virus Database: 247 - Release Date: 1/9/2003 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
