Morgan Reed wrote:> I now have my target PXE booting from my FreeBSD host (chalk one up to
> not writing config files at ungodly hours of the night, thanks to
> Danny for spotting the error.)
>
> The boot is proceeding to the boot menu but after this the kernel freezes;
> With acpi.ko in the image the acpi module loads, the next spinner
> appears and the system freezes.
> Without acpi.ko I get the message "ACPI autoload failed - no such file
> or directory", the next spinner appears and the system freezes.
>
> My kernel is a stripped GENERIC, essentially minus a bunch of network
> drivers (the driver for the adapter in the machine is still there ;o)
> ), and all the SCSI controllers.
>
Is this embedded system booting with a standard monitor and keyboard
attached, or via serial console? What you are seeing seems to remind me
of a system that is configured to display boot output via video when
there is no monitor connection (from my own MiniBSD work with the
Soekris NET4501 and PCEngines WRAP platforms).
-Proto