From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 8 02:54:42 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B81D816A402 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 02:54:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [64.129.166.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B58713C478 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 02:54:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from [192.168.42.21] (andersonbox1.centtech.com [192.168.42.21]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l282sKeP030346; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 20:54:20 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <45EF7ADA.9010604@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:54:18 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070204) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Bruce M. Simpson" References: <200703072157.l27LvWgC074743@ambrisko.com> <45EF56A4.10204@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <45EF56A4.10204@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/2773/Wed Mar 7 15:51:04 2007 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=8.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.6 (2006-10-03) on mh1.centtech.com Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" Subject: Re: etherboot + pxeboot ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:54:42 -0000 On 03/07/07 18:19, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: > Doug Ambrisko wrote: >> It might be interesting to see how Etherboot worked a long time ago >> with some patches to it and pxeboot to make it work. This was before >> PXE support was added to Etherboot. Also things could have changed >> in Etherboot since the last time I tried to run pxeboot with it. >> > I played with this as recently as December. The BTX halted problem you > are seeing is the same 'ol same 'ol 'BTX wants to play in vm86 mode, but > BIOS or expansion ROM wants to play in real mode' problem. > > Etherboot's PXE implementation tries to enter protected mode. At least > with Etherboot, one can actually read the source and see this for onesself. > > Regards, > BMS So excuse my ignorance on this, but is this something that is fixable, or is pxeboot just never going to work right? Eric