Re: [Etherboot-users] a20 problem with HP Vectra
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From: Timothy L. <tl...@ro...> - 2004-06-30 01:17:14
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On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 12:06, cos...@em... wrote: > Ive read the documentation, but its not neccessarily clear on the a20 problem. > > After etherboot initializes the ramdisk and transfers over the kernel, it simply > reboots the machine. I spent all day trying to figure it out, and then I > discovered the article ralating to the a20 problem. I tried the disk on various > machines, and sure enough, it does not work on the 16 hp vectras that my > science club purchased to make a cluster, but it does run the rest of the > kernel on my emachine at home. > > Im kind of in a bind here. The article in the etherboot documentation mentioned > a shortcut, but I dont know how to implement it. Has anyone managed a > workaround? Is it possible to modify the etherboot source to make a "vectra > only" image to write those specific bits to the keyboard controller? > > Or am I simply out of luck trying to get etherboot working with a vectra. Are > there other alternatives that you guys are aware of. Will netboot work instead? Hi I am not familiar with the issue. Maybe someone else has some information that would help. Tim |