This turned out to be something completely different and, it turns out, something VERY poorly documented.
To communicate with the Soekris system, I need to use a serial cable and the program screen. It turns out that the baud rate is changed during the install unless you specify a baud rate in 3 different places. What was happening was that when the baud rate changed, rather than getting garbage on the screen, I was getting nothing, so it didn't seem like a baud issue. Hal On Feb 15, 2011, at 3:17 AM, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I have a Soekris Net5501 and I'm using tftp to boot pxelinux.0 and, > ultimately, from there, I want to install Squeeze. > > First, I have to thank Debian, since the PXE boot explanation (sorry, lost > the link from earlier) was a very good explanation on how to set up PXE. But > since it was for Etch, I searched and also found an excellent one by Andy > Smith here: > > http://andys.org.uk/wiki/Guide:PXE_network_booting_Debian_install > > that includes Squeeze. I think it should be pointed out that there is > excellent documentation out there for this. > > Now, on to where I'm stuck, which is, I think, more a part of the normal boot > process. I have the directory tree like this: > > > tftpboot/debian/squeeze/i386/linux > tftpboot/debian/squeeze/i386/initrd.gz > tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default > tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/boot.txt > > It boots the kernel, but then I get: > > Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)... ok > > And after that, it freezes and I get nothing. The default config file, in > full, is after my signature (it's longer, and I don't think it's the issue). > I added "edd=off" to each kernel line in that config file because it was > freezing up with the same message and suspected it was because (as best I > know), there is no Enhanced Disk Drive. But then there's the "... ok" after > it, which makes me think the edd issue isn't why it's freezing. > > Is this due to the edd probe (in which case the "edd=off" isn't working for > some reason)? > > If not, what should I check next? > > As best I know, while people have put all other versions of Debian on a > Soekris Net5501, I haven't seen anything to tell me for sure people have yet > successfully installed Squeeze on on. I'd rather not have to step back, > since that would mean re-doing a number of systems later for updates. While > that would not be for a while, of course, I'd like to be able to work from > the latest version of Debian possible. > > Thanks for any insight into this. > > > > > Hal > ------------------- > tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default: > ------------------- > DISPLAY boot.txt > > DEFAULT squeeze_i386_install > > LABEL squeeze_i386_install > kernel debian/squeeze/i386/linux edd=off > append vga=normal initrd=debian/squeeze/i386/initrd.gz -- > LABEL squeeze_i386_linux > kernel debian/squeeze/i386/linux edd=off > append vga=normal initrd=debian/squeeze/i386/initrd.gz -- > > LABEL squeeze_i386_expert > kernel debian/squeeze/i386/linux edd=off > append priority=low vga=normal initrd=debian/squeeze/i386/initrd.gz -- > > LABEL squeeze_i386_rescue > kernel debian/squeeze/i386/linux edd=off > append vga=normal initrd=debian/squeeze/i386/initrd.gz > rescue/enable=true -- > > PROMPT 1 > TIMEOUT 0 > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/227cca0f-d89d-412a-bf6d-920996163...@halblog.com > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/f019d40b-00ce-4c7f-a2b2-9573d4f21...@halblog.com
