On Mar 8, 2011, at 10:10 PM, Blake Hodder wrote: > 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.
So it's giving you a "wide" menu, as in not just 15 characters across, that you can read? And it lets you highlight a menu choice? Odd, I've never seen that come up like that. Did you get the pxelinux.0 file from the link on the page? I'm assuming you did. So when you get that prompt, which option do you pick? Are you just hitting <return>? And then absolutely nothing visible after that to show you what's going on? Hal > 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 > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
