Re: X7DBR woes, was Re: FAI kernel won't boot on certain boxes
On Thu, 10 May 2007 09:01:58 +0200, Steffen Grunewald [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: If I try to FAI install, I get MD5sum errors from random packages. Are you using NFS over UDP? Try NFS over TCP. Is there an archive of old FAI kernels, and which e1000 drivers do these see http://snapshot.debian.net/ fai-kernels 1.12 is available from http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/download/sarge/ Did you try to use the stock Debian kernel with an initrd for booting FAI? -- regards Thomas
Re: FAI kernel won't boot on certain boxes
On Wed, 09 May 2007 18:12:43 +0200, Frank Doepper [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: But both, the out-of-the-box kernel and the self-compiled kernel, won't boot on a certain variant of transtec Intel Celeron PC. It says Loading vmlinuz-install..Ready. and dies. Mmm. Which variant? I only know of problems with some e1000 cards, where the fai kernels hangs when doing DHCP request. You can also use a stock Debian kernel with initrd. Have a look at http://www.uni-koeln.de/bin2/maillist/linux-fai/20070105.220333/174065 -- regards Thomas
Re: FAI kernel won't boot on certain boxes
Am 09.05.2007 18:38 schrieb Thomas Lange: On Wed, 09 May 2007 18:12:43 +0200, Frank Doepper [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: But both, the out-of-the-box kernel and the self-compiled kernel, won't boot on a certain variant of transtec Intel Celeron PC. It says Loading vmlinuz-install..Ready. and dies. Mmm. Which variant? I only know of problems with some e1000 cards, where the fai kernels hangs when doing DHCP request. No, it dies at the very beginning when exec'ing the kernel. Not a single sign of life from the kernel at all. I have just tried to change some kernel configuration details (processor type, smp support) and recompiled and tried, but it's still the same. If you want to have a look at the old-fai-cd-sysinfo-log from kernel 2.6.8, here it is: http://taz.de/~fd/stuff/fai.log Just tried the fai-3.0-cd with linux-2.6.17, it works. Tried that kernel via netboot - it does not work! So I think it has to do rather with pxelinux than with the kernel. It is from recent syslinux version 1:3.31-4. The pxelinux.cfg entry is label fai-generated kernel vmlinuz-install append ip=dhcp root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=/srv/fai/nfsroot,v3,tcp,rsize=32768,wsize=32768 FAI_FLAGS=verbose,sshd,createvt Maybe I need to upgrade the PXE-BIOS? Is this becoming off-topic? Regards, Frank.
Re: FAI kernel won't boot on certain boxes
On Wed, 09 May 2007 19:27:50 +0200, Frank Doepper [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: boot on a certain variant of transtec Intel Celeron PC. It says Loading vmlinuz-install..Ready. and dies. Just tried the fai-3.0-cd with linux-2.6.17, it works. Tried that kernel via netboot - it does not work! So I think it has to do rather with pxelinux than with the kernel. It is from recent syslinux version 1:3.31-4. The pxelinux.cfg entry is I have syslinux version 3.31-4 with the 1: in front. Yes, it could be the pxelinux loader. Try the old pxelinux.0 file from sarge. Maybe this version works with your hardware. Also try to do a memtest. Maybe defect RAM. -- regards Thomas
