Tristam MacDonald wrote: > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Patrick Nolan > <patrick.no...@stanford.edu <mailto:patrick.no...@stanford.edu>> wrote: > > I tried capturing the boot messages by echoing them out a serial port. > (The AMI BIOS allows that.) It works up to a point, but the output > quits when the kernel boots. > > > Did you also tell your *kernel* to output over the console? If my memory > serves correctly, you need to add something like console=ttyS0,57600 to > the APPEND line in your pxelinux.cfg/<whatever>. > Aha! That did the trick. I'm constantly learning new things.
Now I can get down to debugging. The relevant messages are below. This appears to confirm my suspicion that the kernel doesn't have the necessary ethernet driver (igb for Intel 82576 controller) in place. Is it necessary to compile a custom kernel, or can this be done by configuration? If the latter, is it an OSCAR configuration or a System Imager configuration? :::::::::: Boot messages: <snip>---------------------------------- Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.20-k2-NAPI Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation. Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Network Driver - version 1.0.126-k2 Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation. dgrs: SW=$Id: dgrs.c,v 1.13 2000/06/06 04:07:00 rick Exp $ FW=Build 550 11/16/96 03:45:15 FW Version=$Version$ pcnet32.c:v1.33 27.Jun.2006 tsbog...@alpha.franken.de e100: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver, 3.5.17-k2-NAPI e100: Copyright(c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation ns83820.c: National Semiconductor DP83820 10/100/1000 driver. sk98lin: driver has been replaced by the skge driver and is scheduled for removal forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.60. myri10ge: Version 1.3.0-1.233 dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17) winbond-840.c:v1.01-e (2.4 port) Sep-11-2006 Donald Becker <bec...@scyld.com> http://www.scyld.com/network/drivers.html uli526x: ULi M5261/M5263 net driver, version 0.9.3 (2005-7-29) <snip>------------------------------------ init started: BusyBox v1.1.1 (2007.12.06-11:09+0000) multi-call binary switch_root_to_tmpfs Loading tmpfs... Didn't load -- assuming it's built into the kernel. parse_tmpfs_opts mount_proc switching root to tmpfs... mount_proc mount_sys mount_pts get_arch adjust_arch ifconfig_loopback load_my_modules start_udevd bin dev etc init lib lib64 linuxrc my_modules old_root proc root sbin sys tmp usr var Starting kernel event manager... ...done. bin dev etc init lib lib64 linuxrc my_modules old_root proc root sbin sys tmp usr var Loading hardware drivers... ...done. start_hotplug bin dev etc init lib lib64 linuxrc my_modules old_root proc root sbin sys tmp usr var Starting hotplug subsystem... ...done. variableize_kernel_append_parameters read_kernel_append_parameters read_local_cfg skipping local.cfg: option SKIP_LOCAL_CFG=y has been specified read_kernel_append_parameters start_network SIOCSIFADDR: No such device SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device SIOCSIFBRDADDR: No such device BusyBox v1.1.1 (2007.12.06-11:09+0000) Built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. sh: can't access tty; job control turned off /my_modules # I couldn't configure the network interface using your pre-boot settings: DEVICE: eth0 IPADDR: 192.168.0.101 NETMASK: 255.255.255.0 BROADCAST: 192.168.0.255 Killing off running processes. write_variables <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is the SystemImager autoinstall system Your autoinstall has failed. You can use the shell prompt to try and see what happened. You may be able to use the <Shift>+<Page Up> keys to scroll back and see the text that has passed off the top of the screen. You can use <alt>+<f2>, <f3>, or <f4> to work at an alternate shell prompt and preserve your messages on the main screen, which is on <alt>+<f1>. Then go back and re-read the documentation to see if your problem is described there. You have read the documentation, right? :-) If you absolutely cannot figure it out, visit the SystemImager support page at http://systemimager.org. There you can search the email list archives, ask your question on IRC, or even join a mailing list to ask your question. There's a good chance someone else has experienced this very same issue and can help answer your question. If you find the answer and it's not in the documentation, or if you identify a bug, please submit a bug report at the SystemImager support page. Have fun! http://systemimager.org <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> /my_modules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm _______________________________________________ sisuite-users mailing list sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
