Re: [Etherboot-developers] [COMMIT] 5.1.2+ boot from disk.

[Michael B. <mb...@fe...>]

On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Michael Brown wrote:
> > > > I think I'm seeing the same problem.  I'm getting total garbage in the
> > > > E820 map.  I added a config option IGNORE_E820_MAP that forces use of the
> > > > "fake" memory map used when the e820 calls fail, which gets it to the
> > > > point of "Loading 10.1.0.1:boot-8139too.nbi ...(NBI)" at which point it
> > > > locks up and requires a hard reset.
> > > The symptoms are certainly the same.
> > > > Ideas, toolchain test, etc. welcome.
> > > Could you see if the E820 issue is new?
> > > That is could you take a 5.0 series etherboot and dump the e820 map
> > > you get.
> > ...
> Fixed it!

Of course, "fixed it" in this context merely means "getting the correct
E820 map".  It still locks up at "Loading 10.1.0.1:boot-8139too.nbi
...(NBI)" and requires a hard reset. :-(

Next set of ideas?

Michael Brown
http://www.fensystems.co.uk