On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 07:28:43PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I don't think the hardware is going to be the issue here. I'm pretty > sure it's a config issue. > > I have a Soekris Net5501 box I'm installing Etch on. I'm hooked up to > the box with a null modem cable for the console and it's also hooked up > to my LAN. I've setup a PXE boot on my DNS server using tftpd-hpa. > The 5501 starts up and I get data on the console (I'm using either > Minicom or the screen command to read/write to the serial port).
You should tell that to linux. > I do > get the boot menu from the netboot, such as it is (since pxelinux seems > limited to 15 columns of display) and when I get the prompt, I > type "install" and Linux starts to load, including the long row of > dots, then the screen clears and the cursor sits on the left side of > the screen and nothing happens from then on. > > My guess is that once Linux loads communication is stopping with the > serial port. I don't think it's going at a different baud rate because > there's no garbage, but if it had a simple prompt, it could come up so > fast I miss it before the screen clears. > > Here is the file structure in /var/lib/tftpboot: > > . > |-- boot-screens > | |-- boot.txt > | |-- f1.txt > | |-- f10.txt > | |-- f2.txt > | |-- f3.txt > | |-- f4.txt > | |-- f5.txt > | |-- f6.txt > | |-- f7.txt > | |-- f8.txt > | |-- f9.txt > | `-- splash.rle > |-- initrd.gz > |-- linux > |-- orig-bu > | |-- debian > | | `-- etch > | | `-- i386 > | | |-- initrd.gz > | | `-- linux > | |-- pxelinux.0 > | `-- pxelinux.cfg > | |-- boot.txt > | `-- default > |-- pxelinux.0 > |-- pxelinux.cfg > | `-- default > `-- pxelinux.cfg.serial-9600 > `-- default Where is the actual install media? > > I thought it might be a baud rate issue. The 5501 starts with 19200 > baud, so I altered pxelinux.cfg/default to use the same speed and to > specify the right console (before I added "CONSOLE 0" on one line, I'd > get double characters). Here's the pxelinux.cfg file: > > SERIAL 0 19200 > CONSOLE 0 > DISPLAY boot-screens/boot.txt > > F1 boot-screens/f1.txt > F2 boot-screens/f2.txt > F3 boot-screens/f3.txt > F4 boot-screens/f4.txt > F5 boot-screens/f5.txt > F6 boot-screens/f6.txt > F7 boot-screens/f7.txt > F8 boot-screens/f8.txt > F9 boot-screens/f9.txt > F0 boot-screens/f10.txt > > DEFAULT install > > LABEL install > kernel linux > append vga=normal initrd=initrd.gz -- also append: console=ttyS0,19200 -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
