Hi there, My apologies, and when I get to the prompt instead of having a "boot:" prompt I have a text menu that I have to select install by using my arrows and enter. It is almost like is trying to do a graphical install but I am using the netboot files with the console modifications.
Blake On 11-03-08 10:06 PM, Hal Vaughan wrote: > Okay -- remember, please, to respond to the list, since whatever goes wrong > and whatever fixes it could help a lot of people. > > It also means I'm not the only one helping out, in case someone else finds > something wrong that I miss. > > Okay, then is the prompt where things go wrong the first prompt from PXE > Linux, after it boots to Linux? The one where you get "boot:" and can just > press<enter>? If so, when you get that prompt, what are you doing? > > > > Hal > > On Mar 8, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Blake Hodder wrote: > >> Hi, >> That is the wiki page that I did follow and I did set ConSpeed to 19200 as >> well as my minicom console. >> >> Blake >> >> On 11-03-08 09:22 PM, Hal Vaughan 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 >> >> -- >> <RBI-Email-Signatures-BH.gif> -- _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
