Here are the contents of my default config: # D-I config version 1.0 CONSOLE 0 SERIAL 0 19200 0 include debian-installer/i386/boot-screens/menu.cfg default debian-installer/i386/boot-screens/vesamenu.c32 prompt 0 timeout 0
After I hit return on install I get the 2 lines: Loading debian/squeeze/i386/linux..... Loading debian/squeeze/i386/initrd.gz.........ready. and then a blank screen. Blake On 11-03-08 11:52 PM, Hal Vaughan wrote: > 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. > Okay, I hooked up the serial cable and went through this again. I was trying > to remember if there could be another menu later, or if there were more > choices, but that I never saw them due to the 15 character width issue. When > I booted to the NIC, I got this (it's edited to show in lines, instead of > short 15 column lines): > > Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 082) > Copyright (C) 1997,1998,1999 Intel Corporation > VIA Rhine III Management Adapter v2.43 (2005/12/15) > > CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 00 24 CD 92 34. > DHCP.\\||//--\\||//--\\|| > CLIENT IP: 172.16.7.205 MASK: 255.255.0.0 DHCP IP: 172.16.7.1 > GATEWAY IP: 172.16.7.1 > TFTP. > TFTP.- > PXELINUX 4.02 debian-20101014 Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvin et al! > PXE entry point found (we hope) at 9DEE:0106 via plan A > UNDI code segment at 9DEE len 1966 > UNDI data segment at 947D len 9710 > Getting cached packet 01 02 03 > My IP address seems to be AC1007CD 172.16.7.205 > ip=172.16.7.205:172.16.7.12:172.16.7.1:255.255.0.0 > BOOTIF=01-00-00-24-cd-92-34 > TFTP prefix: > Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/01-00-00-24-cd-92-34 > Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AC1007CD > Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AC1007C > Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AC1007 > Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AC100 > Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AC10 > Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AC1 > Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AC > Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/A > Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/default > ok > XELINUX 4.02 debian-20101014 Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvin et al > boot: > Loading debian/squeeze/i386/linux..... > Loading debian/squeeze/i386/initrd.gz.........ready. > > The "Trying to load:..." lines are the TFTP boot or PXE Linux searching for a > config file, then settling on the default config. After that, the "boot:" is > the only prompt I get. Once I hit<return>, I get the next two lines, > followed by some LONG lines, then a chance to pick the language, which is the > start of the installer. > > So what you're saying is that you don't get "boot:", you get a choice of > which type of install to do instead? > > Could you post the contents of your /tftpserv/pxelinux.cfg/default file? > > > 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 -- _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
