i had to boot my M$ laptop with a Ubuntu stick, reformat the /boot partition, make it bigger, re-run grub and reboot...all that under chroot. it has now booted with debian...! i just need to get a 3.3V pci card so i can connect my internet usb stick and hardrive and ...... done! many thanks to all for the kind advices enjoy the weekend!
On 11/15/08, Andrew Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
