Hi list I have got my net5501 up and running as expected with a Gentoo Linux installed on a 8GB CF card.
The mystery arises when I disconnect the serial console (an old laptop) and reboot the 5501 so that it can run stand-alone. This is - after all - my main reason for getting the 5501 in the first place. The mystery - to me, at least - is that the box does not finish the initial boot, but hangs in GRUB's stage 1. As soon as I re-insert the serial cable, the boot menu from GRUB appears and the boot process continues and completes satisfactorily. It is most likely something with my GRUB installation/configuration, but not being a GRUB eagle I hope that one of you can help me get past this hurdle. When I installed GRUB in the MBR I used these commands: leopold# grub grub> root (hd0,0) grub> setup (hd0) grub> quit My /boot/grub/menu.lst file is attached below. It does not matter whether or not the two lines about the serial console are active or not. (The i686 is just a title, the kernel is actually built for i586) Just a thought: Could it be something on the serial interface, a missing signal or something? Any help will be much appreciated. Regards, Bent -------------------- # Which listing to boot as default. 0 is the first, 1 the second, etc. default 0 # How many seconds to wait before the default listing is booted timeout 8 # Setup a serial console #serial --unit=0 --speed=19200 #terminal serial title Gentoo Linux 2.6.22 i686 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 title Gentoo Linux 2.6.22 i686 (Old) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz.old root=/dev/hda1 --------------------- _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
