I don't know how it'll compare to installing on a Net5501, but I wrote that up in the Soekris wiki just a few weeks ago. Here's the page:
http://wiki.soekris.info/Debian_Squeeze_On_Soekris (I don't know if that's the page you're talking about or not.) I was careful to pay attention to the issue of baudrate, since it can really mess up your work. (I honestly feel if it had been better documented in previous pages on installing Debian, it would have saved me 5-10 hours of troubleshooting.) I'm not 100% clear, from what you're saying, if you mean you get to the "boot:" prompt and then are having trouble (which is where you could specify different options for booting), or if it's another point. However, it is important to remember you have to specify the bad rate in the /tftpserv/pxelinux.cfg/default file (where /tftpserv is your directory path to the tftp/pxe setup). You will also have to specify the baud rate at a few other points, as well. I mention that o the page I linked to above. If that's the page you're following, let us know and also please tell us exactly what the text for the last prompt you see before things go bad is. Also, is it at the section where (for some reason), the output is limited to only 15 characters wide? (That could also be a Net5501 thing, so I don't know if you'll see that on other systems.) Also, at the bottom of that wiki page, there's another page to my blog website, where I have an image I created on a Net5501. Off the top of my head, I don't know how similar the hardware is, but I have info on how you can copy that image and install it on another Net5501. It's possible that image may work on a Net4521, but I don't know. If so, it might save you some trouble and let you start with a basic Debian Squeeze image you can then modify to your heart's content. Scott Newell pointed out the difference between baud and bps. Just for clarity, is 19200 what you set ConSpeed to? Hal On Mar 8, 2011, at 2:04 PM, Blake Hodder wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Soekris net4521 and I am trying to install Debian Squeeze on it via > tftp boot and serial console. However; I get to where I can select install > from a menu list and then it sits at a blank screen. I am using the buadrate > of 19200 8n1 no flow control. Does anyone know how to successfully install > squeeze. I have tried using the wiki guide. > > Thanks in advanced, > > Blake > -- > <RBI-Email-Signatures-BH.gif> > _______________________________________________ > 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
