On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Ulf Zimmermann <[email protected]> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
>> Of Devon Gleeson
>> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 7:50 PM
>> To: Ulf Zimmermann
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Soekris] net6501 pxe issues
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Devon Gleeson
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Ulf Zimmermann <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:soekris-tech-
>> >>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Devon Gleeson
>> >>> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 6:21 PM
>> >>> To: [email protected]
>> >>> Subject: [Soekris] net6501 pxe issues
>> >>>
>> >>> Hello everyone,
>> >>>
>> >>> I just bought the 6501 and I'm having problems getting the device to
>> >>> boot from pxe. The soekris is seeing my DHCP server and it's getting
>> >>> the right ip address from it. Here is the boot sequence on my net6501:
>> >>> Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.72
>> >>> Copyright (C) 1997-2010, Intel Corporation
>> >>>
>> >>> CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 00 24 CE 6E 04
>> >>> CLIENT IP: 192.168.2.15  MASK: 255.255.255.0  DHCP IP: 192.168.2.1
>> >>> GATEWAY IP: 192.168.2.1
>> >>> TFTP..
>> >>> PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel Boot Agent.
>> >>
>> >> Based on the output of "TFTP.." and then existing, it seems not to find 
>> >> the
>> file it is expecting on the TFTP server. I had the same issue today (the . 
>> was
>> not readable by the tftpd server).
>> >
>> > Thanks for your help. It turns out that ubuntu has a default service
>> > that gets configured in /etc/default/tftp-hpa. Once I found that
>> > config I was able to get past the initial failure.
>>
>>
>> So I'm getting further, at least past the tftp bit:
>>
>>
>>
>> CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 00 24 CE 6E 04
>> CLIENT IP: 192.168.2.15  MASK: 255.255.255.0  DHCP IP: 192.168.2.1
>> GATEWAY IP: 192.168.2.1
>>
>> PXELINUX 3.63 Debian-2008-07-15  Copyright (C) 1994-2008 H. Peter Anvin
>> UNDI data segment at:   0008F970
>> UNDI data segment size: 63B0
>> UNDI code segment at:   00085D20
>> UNDI code segment size: 5210
>> PXE entry point found (we hope) at 95D2:0106
>> My IP address seems to be C0A8020F 192.168.2.15
>> ip=192.168.2.15:192.168.2.2:192.168.2.1:255.255.255.0
>> TFTP prefix:
>> Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/01-00-00-24-ce-6e-04
>> Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/C0A8020F
>> b ot:  to load: pxelinux.cfg/default
>>
>> but then it starts spitting random bits into the console. Does this
>> mean there is a problem with the pxelinux.cfg?
>>
>> --Devon
>
> I assume this is your pxelinux.cfg file:
>
>> my ubuntu-installer/i386/boot-screens/text.cfg:
>> default cli
>> label install
>>         menu label ^Install
>>         menu default
>>         kernel ubuntu-installer/i386/linux
>>         append  ks=http://192.168.2.2/ks.cfg vga=normal
>> initrd=ubuntu-installer/i386/initrd.gz -- quiet
>> label cli
>>         menu label ^Command-line install
>>         kernel ubuntu-installer/i386/linux
>>         append  ks=http://192.168.2.2/ks.cfg tasks=standard
>> pkgsel/language-pack-patterns= pkgsel/install-language-support=false
>> vga=normal initrd=ubuntu-installer/i386/initrd.gz -- quiet
>
> You need to tell the kernel that it's console is on serial port, add 
> something like "console=ttyS0,115200n8". Make sure that the serial speed 
> matches what you have in the bios set.
>

Great advice, I've got it to boot into the installer now. This project
got fun again! Thanks!

--Devon
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