[Resend to list] On Tue Mar 2 15:18 , Steven Finnegan sent: >I have been attempting to net-boot Debian 5 on either a 5501 or a 4801. I have the pxe environment set up. I have been following instructions here: http://wiki.soekris.info/Installing_Debian_Linux_5.0 including the editing of the configuration files.
Are you sure you did the "5. Modify the netboot files a little to work with a serial console. Debian used to come with this but it's gone now." step? Completely? >When booting the environment, I get to the point of getting the PXELINUX copyright notice, then everything halts. Any help would be appreciated. Screen capture of boot sequence follows... [snip] > >debian-installer/i386/boot-screens/vesamenu.c32 -- Block #1 is read 4 >times w/o acknowledgement, no further net accesses That you hang up in the _VESA_ menu is what makes me think something isn't completely configured for a serial console. If not the netboot bits, then later on in the boot sequence. Disclaimer: But that's pretty much a hunch on my part. I use FreeBSD myself and haven't booted a diskless client in a long while, and that was a sun4m and Solaris 5.8, IIRC. HTH, -Jed _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
