On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 01:04:55AM -0500, Owen B. Mehegan wrote: > Hello - > > I hope this is the right list for this question. > > I'm trying to install Debian over a network to my Dell Latitude LS > laptop, which does not have a CD ROM or floppy drive. It has an onboard > 3Com NIC (3c905 I think) which claims to support network boot. I did a > netinstall of Debian to a Sparc a few months ago and was able to get it > to work, so I'm fairly familiar with the setup of tftp and dhcpd. > > I have both services running on my local network and have the > tftpboot.img file in the proper place with the right permissions so it > can be served to the laptop. After some tinkering I am at a point where > the laptop is able to get an IP from DHCP and tries to load the boot > image from TFPT. This is what I see on the laptop screen during this > process: > > Managed PC Boot Agent (MBA) v4.30 (BIOS Integrated) > (C) Copyright 2000 Lanworks Technologies Co. a subsidiary of 3Com > Corporation > All rights reserved. > > Node: 00B0D0A42B88 > DHCP... > TFTP............................ > File transfer error: Image file too large for low memory. > > > I've searched Google and the mailing list archives for a solution to > this problem and come up empty. Am I SOL? Any input would be greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > > /Owen > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
For booting 3com cards a special file format has to be used. I use this utility: piotr@omega:~/prg/diskless$ ./imggen Image Creator for MBA ROMs v1.00 Usage: imggen [OPTION] inputfile outputfile -a, Add 3Com MBA/BootWare support -r, Remove 3Com MBA/BootWare support from image file -i, Show information on an image -h, Help screen This Utility will patch any Linux or MKNBI patched kernel so that it can be booted using any 3Com MBA/BootWare ROM piotr@omega:~/prg/diskless$ The commandline I use is: mknbi-linux -x -a "auto rw nfsroot=kernel nfsaddrs=kernel root=/dev/nfs ip=::::zembla::dhcp" -k bzImage -o zembla-II && ./imggen -a zembla-II /home/piotr/omega/zembla Hope it helps. Regards. -- O _____________________________________________________________ O | /-| Pedro Larroy Tovar. PiotR | http://omega.resa.es/piotr |-\ | | /--| No MS-Office attachments please. |--\ | o-|--| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |--|-o \-| finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public key and info |-/ ------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
