For what it's worth: I recently installed squeeze by putting my target drive in a different system entirely, installing a minimum build there, configuring serial console, then moving the drive back to the soekris enclosure.
On Mar 8, 2011, at 17:22, Hal Vaughan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
