FAI kernel won't boot on certain boxes

Thomas Lange lange at informatik.Uni-Koeln.DE
Wed May 9 21:31:32 CEST 2007


>>>>> On Wed, 09 May 2007 19:27:50 +0200, Frank Doepper <fd at taz.de> said:

    >> > boot on a certain variant of "transtec" Intel Celeron PC. It says
    >> > "Loading vmlinuz-install......Ready." and dies.

    > Just tried the fai-3.0-cd with linux-2.6.17, it works.
    > Tried that kernel via netboot - it does not work!

    > So I think it has to do rather with pxelinux than with the kernel. It is
    > from recent syslinux version 1:3.31-4. The pxelinux.cfg entry is
I have syslinux version 3.31-4 with the 1: in front.
Yes, it could be the pxelinux loader. Try the old pxelinux.0 file from
sarge. Maybe this version works with your hardware.

Also try to do a memtest. Maybe defect RAM.
-- 
regards Thomas



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