In order to get Debian to boot off the CF card, I had to ditch GRUB and use LILO. Don’t forget to use the 'console' version of the PXE config file and not the standard version.
If you want a copy of my PXE stuff - drop me a mail - and I'll attach it to the reply. Cheers Andy [Follow-up to my previous message] Maybe best start with lowering the Debconf priority in the kernel commandline and see if you get some error message, for example (with PXELinux): LABEL blah kernel blah append priority=low .... By the way, and slightly on-topic: I found that the order in which options are passed on the Linux kernel commandline matter when trying to boot a net4801 from a Debian NFS root: NFS Error: short read: 24 < 28 Diag: Wrong kernel boot options order in pxelinux config Fix: Change the order of kernel boot options in /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/<file>: #append root=/dev/nfs initrd=initrd.img console=ttyS0,19200n8 nfsroot=192.168.1.6:/mnt/deb ip=dhcp rw append console=ttyS0,19200n8 initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.1.6:/mnt/deb ip=dhcp rw Maybe this is a well-known fact, but it definitely wasn't to me, and I don't see why it should matter. Bill On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 18:49 +0100, Esteban Ribičić wrote: > hello, i pxe'booted a 4501 (Bios 1.32) with a 2gb CF and installed a > normal debian etch installation (/boot -10mgs, boot flag .. /var and > /) ... at the end it directly installed grub and failed without much > of a message. i tried to use the menu to install lilo (as suggested on > the wiki) and also failed... > > not sure how to get out of this trouble or what i did wrong (except of > just pressing enter!!) > > any suggestion? i poked arund forums and couldnt find much .. just a > few notes and dead links :( oh, i'm running a windows laptop, so if > ineed to mount hte CF to adjust a few files i'm a bit screwed...heheeh > for a change! hehe > > salut!! > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > -- Debian Package Management System: The Horror. _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
