Hi! I have been using pxelinux with memdisk to boot our workstations with our custom floppy, which is a MSDOS boot disk (actually it is win98) On one of the PC's I'm testing, a Fujitsu-Siemens which has an AMDtek based on-board network card and when PXE is activated, it gets an IP from the DHCP, then it finds the TFTP server, downloads pxelinux.0, executes it which causes the floppy to be downloaded, the file is transfered but it just stays there. the PXE implementation is: BootManage UNDI PXE-2.0 (build 083) BootManage PXE-2.0 PROM 1.0 AN983 3.00 SDK 3.0/083 (OEM73) (C) bootix gmbh , Licensed to FSC Of course it boots with 2000 RIS.... Besides a broken bios implementation, is there something i can try? Thanks! Luis Correia PGP Fingerprint: BC44 D7DA 5A17 F92A CA21 9ABE DFF0 3540 2322 21F6 Key Server: http://pgp.mit.edu
Luis.F.Correia wrote:> Hi! > > I have been using pxelinux with memdisk to boot our workstations with > our custom floppy, which is a MSDOS boot disk (actually it is win98) > > On one of the PC's I'm testing, a Fujitsu-Siemens which has an AMDtek > based on-board network card and when PXE is activated, > it gets an IP from the DHCP, then it finds the TFTP server, downloads > pxelinux.0, executes it which causes the floppy to be downloaded, > the file is transfered but it just stays there. > > the PXE implementation is: > > BootManage UNDI PXE-2.0 (build 083) > BootManage PXE-2.0 PROM 1.0 AN983 3.00 SDK 3.0/083 (OEM73) > (C) bootix gmbh , Licensed to FSC > > Of course it boots with 2000 RIS.... > > Besides a broken bios implementation, is there something i can try? >What does your PXELINUX config file look like? Any messages from PXELINUX? -hpa
My pxelinux config file: ----------- default os label os kernel memdisk append initrd=client.ima ----------- Messages from PXELINUX: ----------- Pxelinux 2.00 (C) hpa... UNDI data segment at 009b020 UNDI data segment size 3090 UNDI code segment at 009e0b0 UNDI code segment size 14e0 PXE entry point found (we hope) at 9e0b:0106 ( correct IP informations ...) TFTP prefix: Trying to load default: Loading memdisk Loading client.ima Ready. ----------- And as i said before, it just sits there... If you want I can test with a debug version, if you tell me where I can find it. -----Original Message----- From: H. Peter Anvin [mailto:hpa at zytor.com] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 11:26 AM To: Luis.F.Correia Cc: syslinux at zytor.com Subject: Re: [syslinux] PXE booting Luis.F.Correia wrote:> Hi! > > I have been using pxelinux with memdisk to boot our workstations with > our custom floppy, which is a MSDOS boot disk (actually it is win98) > > On one of the PC's I'm testing, a Fujitsu-Siemens which has an AMDtek > based on-board network card and when PXE is activated, it gets an IP > from the DHCP, then it finds the TFTP server, downloads pxelinux.0, > executes it which causes the floppy to be downloaded, the file is > transfered but it just stays there. > > the PXE implementation is: > > BootManage UNDI PXE-2.0 (build 083) > BootManage PXE-2.0 PROM 1.0 AN983 3.00 SDK 3.0/083 (OEM73) > (C) bootix gmbh , Licensed to FSC > > Of course it boots with 2000 RIS.... > > Besides a broken bios implementation, is there something i can try? >What does your PXELINUX config file look like? Any messages from PXELINUX? -hpa
Luis.F.Correia wrote: >> If you want I can test with a debug version, if you tell me where I can find > it. >Please try the latest 2.01-pre version from: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/Testing/ There has been some MEMDISK fixes in the prereleases. -hpa
Ok, i've tried it. The result is exactly the same... it just hangs there. I guess it IS a bad bios implementation. I am now going to try and find out if there is a bios update for this machine. It is strange though, it's a brand-new PC... (designed for windoze px...) -----Original Message----- From: H. Peter Anvin [mailto:hpa at zytor.com] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 11:55 AM To: Luis.F.Correia Cc: 'Syslinux' Subject: Re: [syslinux] PXE booting Luis.F.Correia wrote: >> If you want I can test with a debug version, if you tell me where I > can find it. >Please try the latest 2.01-pre version from: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/Testing/ There has been some MEMDISK fixes in the prereleases. -hpa
Hi, "Luis.F.Correia" <Luis.F.Correia at seg-social.pt> schrieb am 06.01.03 12:00:46:> I have been using pxelinux with memdisk to boot our workstations with > our custom floppy, which is a MSDOS boot disk (actually it is win98) > > On one of the PC's I'm testing, a Fujitsu-Siemens which has an AMDtek > based on-board network card and when PXE is activated, > it gets an IP from the DHCP, then it finds the TFTP server, downloads > pxelinux.0, executes it which causes the floppy to be downloaded, > the file is transfered but it just stays there. > > the PXE implementation is: > > BootManage UNDI PXE-2.0 (build 083) > BootManage PXE-2.0 PROM 1.0 AN983 3.00 SDK 3.0/083 (OEM73) > (C) bootix gmbh , Licensed to FSC > > Of course it boots with 2000 RIS.... > > Besides a broken bios implementation, is there something i can try?I've a i810-based FSC box with the bootix rom, i8255x-chipset. There was no problem booting it with pxelinux & memdisk. BTW: I've seen boards being shipped with old bios versions, so maybe there's an update available ... Regards, Josef ______________________________________________________________________________ PREMIERE exklusiv bei WEB.DE: 3 Monate gratis + d-box-1 ab 1 Euro Online solange der Vorrat reicht! http://premiere.web.de/?mc=999937&lp=2
This is a new fsc board with the i845 chiset and the ADMtek network. -----Original Message----- From: Josef Siemes [mailto:jsiemes at web.de] Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:18 AM To: Luis.F.Correia; syslinux at zytor.com Subject: Re: [syslinux] PXE booting Hi, "Luis.F.Correia" <Luis.F.Correia at seg-social.pt> schrieb am 06.01.03 12:00:46:> I have been using pxelinux with memdisk to boot our workstations with > our custom floppy, which is a MSDOS boot disk (actually it is win98) > > On one of the PC's I'm testing, a Fujitsu-Siemens which has an AMDtek > based on-board network card and when PXE is activated, it gets an IP > from the DHCP, then it finds the TFTP server, downloads pxelinux.0, > executes it which causes the floppy to be downloaded, the file is > transfered but it just stays there. > > the PXE implementation is: > > BootManage UNDI PXE-2.0 (build 083) > BootManage PXE-2.0 PROM 1.0 AN983 3.00 SDK 3.0/083 (OEM73) > (C) bootix gmbh , Licensed to FSC > > Of course it boots with 2000 RIS.... > > Besides a broken bios implementation, is there something i can try?I've a i810-based FSC box with the bootix rom, i8255x-chipset. There was no problem booting it with pxelinux & memdisk. BTW: I've seen boards being shipped with old bios versions, so maybe there's an update available ... Regards, Josef ____________________________________________________________________________ __ PREMIERE exklusiv bei WEB.DE: 3 Monate gratis + d-box-1 ab 1 Euro Online solange der Vorrat reicht! http://premiere.web.de/?mc=999937&lp=2
Luis.F.Correia wrote:> This is a new fsc board with the i845 chiset and the ADMtek network. >Oh yes, could I bug you to try version 1.76? -hpa
I did try version 1.76. I tryed these versions: 2.00 (my version, i removed /pxelinux.cfg/) 2.00 2.01-pre 1.76 No good either :( -----Original Message----- From: H. Peter Anvin [mailto:hpa at zytor.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:26 PM To: Luis.F.Correia Cc: 'Syslinux' Subject: Re: [syslinux] PXE booting Luis.F.Correia wrote:> This is a new fsc board with the i845 chiset and the ADMtek network. >Oh yes, could I bug you to try version 1.76? -hpa