It appears that the 'hang' is when control is transferred from the Bios
code to the code on your CF disk (yes??)

There does seem to be a problem with the 133 bios - upgrading to 133c
may solve your problem.

See my recent posts on this list for my own path to bios upgrade. I had
difficulty with minicom and success with hyperterminal on a Windows
machine.

Bob G

On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 18:54 +0000, Sebastian Robitzsch wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to install ubuntu server on my net5501 board and used various
> howtos, e.g.:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Soekris
> http://wiki.soekris.info/Installing_Debian_Linux_5.0
> 
> I'm using the exact same settings as described on the Soekris Wiki. My
> net5501 has bios version 1.33.
> 
> The problem I have is the following: after obtaining the IP from the
> server the box starts normally, requests the config file and stops with
> the prompt:
> 
> Initial menu has no LABEL entries!
> 
> 
> boot:
> 
> After typing "install" I'm getting the following three lines before the
> screen becomes black and minicom tells me that it is offline:
> Loading ubuntu-installer/i386/linux...........
> 
> Loading ubuntu-installer/i386/initrd.gz....................ready.
> 
> Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)... ok
> 
> pxelinux.cfg:
> CONSOLE 0
> SERIAL 0 9600 0
> include ubuntu-installer/i386/boot-screens/menu.cfg
> default ubuntu-installer/i386/boot-screens/vesamenu.c32
> prompt 0
> timeout 0
> 
> 
> txt.cfg:
> default install
> label install
>       menu label ^Install
>       menu default
>       kernel ubuntu-installer/i386/linux
>       append initrd=ubuntu-installer/i386/initrd.gz -- console=ttyUSB0,9600
> earlyprint=serial,ttyUSB0,9600
> 
> 
> 
> I've tried to change the baud rate, I've put the line "console 0" to
> every config file I could found and played around with minicom settings.
> As far as I can say minicom gets disconnected since the box goes into
> VGA mode and doesn't push the output to the serial port.
> 
> Hopefully, someone can give some useful hints...
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> Sebastian
> 
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> PhD Candidate
> University College Dublin
> School of Computer Science & Informatics
> Belfield
> Dublin 4
> Ireland
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