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From: Igor M. <i.m...@sw...> - 2006-01-20 09:34:46
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Hello, Booting from Etherboot floppy you already use the BIOS'es first boot device... Evidently, the situation is: BIOS ->first boot device --> Etherboot --> BIOS ->first boot device --> Etherboot -->.... Try to put Etherboot code into ROM, all things should work then. Regards, Igor. Mathieu Martin wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using etherboot on a floppy (version 5.4.1). I'm trying to set it so > that it tries to boot from the network first, and boot locally from the > hard drive in case it couldn't boot from network. According to the docs, > BOOT_SECOND=BOOT_DISK won't work with a regular bios (would work with > linuxbios only?). So I tried with the EXIT_IF_NO_OFFER flag set and > MAX_BOOTP_RETRIES set to 1 (I added a printf in core/main.c to make sure > the condition mas met).. According to _my interpretation of_ the docs, > after MAX_BOOTP_RETRIES tries, etherboot should exit and the bios > should skip to the next drive in it's configured boot order.. but it > actually loads the etherboot code from floppy again, and again, and > again. I tried with vmware and a real computer and got the same result. > > Any idea? > > Thanks > > Mathieu Martin > IMNET > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log > files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Etherboot-users mailing list > Eth...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/etherboot-users > |
