Re: [Etherboot-users] /sbin/init hangs on boot

[Tiago A. da F. <ti...@kn...>]

Hi!
Thanks again!
Ok!

Box B nic is an Broadcom Gigabit ( I compiled the kernel with its driver
builtin)
Box C nic is an Realtek 8139 ( PCI NIC! )  ( I also compiled the kernel
with its driver builtin). Note: When I burn my EPROM and put it on the
socket of this NIC, nothing happens; studing the PC architeture, I found
the BIOS extension address space and I designed my ISA BIOS extension
card (updating BIOS today costs US$30,00) and it loads etherboot code
from there. 

Box B (PXE from BIOS) and C (Etherboot from floppy and from EPROM on my
ISA extension BIOS card) works fine with LTSP 4 (Linux Terminal Server
Project).

Here comes the problems with my implementation based on kiosk project of
www.dnalounge.com. When the kernel is loaded from netboot, both Box B
(PXE) and C (Etherboot from floppy and from EPROM on my ISA extension
BIOS card) downloads the kernel, load the RAMDISK, run DHCP (it is
possible because the nic drivers are builtin and i set kernel
autoconfiguration in the .config network section) to get an IP address
(--ip=dhcp on mkelf-linux), start the init0 script (they mount the NFS
shares, and I am sure because I see it on /var/log/messages of my
server, Server A), Box B initializes the Linux nicely but when Box C
reach "exec /sbin/init '#'" (init0), it hangs there forever.

Regards,
Tiago Alves

> I'm getting a bit confused as to what works and what doesn't.  lets
see if I have 
> this right:
> 
> ServerA: 192.168.100.1 - dhcp, tftp, nfs
> 
> BoxB: HP Compaq, built in nic, bios support for PXE boot.
> 
> BoxC: Old Pentium, isa nic, Etherboot floppy.
> 
> What make/model/pciid's are B and C's nics?
> 
> As a test, try making an Etherboot floppy for BoxB's nic.
> 
> Does the kernel only has suppot for BoxB's nic?
> 
> At this point:
> 
>  >  /rd/bin/mount -t nfs    -o nolock $SERVER:/home/guest/$ID/dev /dev
> 
> dose BoxC have an IP?
> 
> Another test: put the isa nic in BoxB (if B has an isa slot), boot
from Etherboot 
> floppy with lan cable to just the isa nic plugged in, try with both
plugged into 
> the lan.
> 
>  > When I say PXE I mean that I am using newer motherboards that come with
>  > netboot built in the BIOS; I say Etherboot I mean I older motherboards
>  > with an EPROM extending the BIOS features (I designed an ISA card that
>  > works as a BIOS extension).
> 
> Are you burning an eprom, or using a boot floppy?
> 
> ^C
> 
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