[Etherboot-developers] Etherboot / mknbi without VGA boot problem

[Marcel M. <Mar...@da...>]

Hi Everybody,

As I have reported ZFx86 (Phoenix BIOS) with 82559ER is booting now.
When we unplugged VGA card, Etherboot downloads kernel by TFTP, but
mknbi not starts. It is new problem. Can Etherboot run without PCI VGA
card in principle?  We tried many versions of Etherboot, 5.0.4 patch
included.

Using a serial line interface we have got this:
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ROM segment 0x8000 length 0x4000 reloc 0x9400
Etherboot 5.1.1 (GPL) Tagged ELF (Multiboot) for [EEPRO100]
Found Intel EtherExpressPro100 at 0x1000, ROM address 0x0000
Probing...[EEPRO100]
The PCI BIOS has not enabled this device!
Updating PCI command 0013->0017. pci_bus 0000 pci_device_fn 0050
Ethernet addr: 00:02:B3:1F:B1:55=20
Searching for server (DHCP)...
Me: 192.168.254.54, Server: 192.168.254.40
Loading 192.168.254.40:vmlinux (NBI)... done
<abort>
Found Intel EtherExpressPro100 at 0x1000, ROM address 0x0000
Probing...[EEPRO100]Ethernet addr: 00:02:B3:1F:B1:55=20
Searching for server (DHCP)...
Me: 192.168.254.54, Server: 192.168.254.40
Loading 192.168.254.40:vmlinux (NBI)... -
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...and than stops- froze.

Do have somebody an idea, why it needs VGA?
It works in same conditions with VGA.=20

Marcel