Re: jumpstarting x86

From: Juergen Keil (jk_at_tools.de)
Date: 11/19/03

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    Date: 19 Nov 2003 13:30:09 +0100

    gl@arlut.utexas.edu (Jay G. Scott) writes:

    > i have an update. it looks like the tftpboot part is
    > okay. it turns out that one of the files that's consulted
    > during the boot process is: ...../Tools/Boot/etc/bootrc
    > which lives on the jumpstart server. this file has ordinary
    > shell commands in it. i put in an echo command, to tell me
    > where i was.
    >
    > the results of the echo show up when i try to boot the target.
    > i know the last thing to be attempted is:
    > run kernel/unix
    >
    > it's hanging somewhere after this. i see the biziness of
    > "Solaris 9" "kernel patch" all that stuff you usually
    > see at the start of a boot.

    Are you trying to use PXE to bootstrap the x86 machine (DCA is loaded
    with tftp protocol by the BIOS PXE boot subsystem)? Or are you trying
    to boot from floppy/cd/hdd and select the network adapter as boot
    device?

    A few days ago I had a similar problem with Solaris Express s10_b44,
    PXE booting a Toshiba laptop was OK for the DCA phase, but soon after
    the kernel was loaded, the x86 laptop hangs (apparently when using
    realmode calls into PXE to load the root drivers and configuration
    files).

    My workaround is to boot the DCA from floppy/cd/hdd, selecting the NIC
    in the DCA boot device menu.

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