On 01/09/12 02:26, Andrea Borghi wrote: > I was installing my net5501-70 with the new debian wheezy via PXE, > the same method i'm used to for the earlier distributions. > > I got the pxe boot ok, and installed ok with the usual quirks due to > correctly setup the serial console; no problem here. > > The problem i have is that when booting the grub2 this debian > installation has (grub1 is deprecated and not available; lilo > while present is confusing himself and cannot boot due to some > drive CHS remap.) > > what is interesting is that the thing is *not* os-related, the linux > kernel isn't even loaded. > > The grub2 boot loader hangs before even presenting the menu it should. > > i researched and found there was a bug in the grub2 (resolved more than > 1yr ago) avout pci bridges, so i removed the 4-port ethernet in order to > have just one pci bus just to test but it doesn't resolve the problem. > > the debian installer files are those of 3 days ago, packages are got > directly from mirrors via network so they are at the last releases. > > The very stange fact is that when i have removed the grub.cfg file and > rebooted (then grub should have dropped me at a prompt) this is not > happening, suggesting some bios or hardware initialization issue. > > I then updated the board from bios 1.32 to 1.33c (the last available > on soekris site just in case, after i read some other stories in internet > about a dell machine having the same problem and resolving by a bios upgrade. > > Someone has ideas on how to resolve this or just how to perform a meaningful > debug session? I just hate when someting hangs without saying anything. grrr. > :) > > Thank you all. > Andrea >
Personally I just gave up trying to get Grub2 to work, and just installed. I just checked, 'Grub1' still exist in stable,testing, and unstable. It has has the package name "grub-legacy" you can use, unless you really need Grub2... Rune _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
