Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 05:11:46 -0800 From: Jason Taylor <jason@infinitebubble.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: PXE boot / BTX Halt Message-ID: <41D2AD12.8020801@infinitebubble.com>
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I'm trying to set up a few diskless workstations using some old
hardware. I've tried four different boxes for clients ranging from a
P-133 to a P-200. I did use the same Realtek 8139 based NIC in all 4
boxes, but I don't think that's the problem. They all get to the point
where they grab pxeboot via tftp and then a message like (these are not
the actual values):
BXT loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01
int=0000000d err=00000000 efl=00030246 eip=0000249a
eax=00002025 ebx=00000004 ecx=00002000 edx=0000a654
esi=000008d5 edi=0006290c ebp=00001516 esp=000014e0
cs=f000 ds=ede1 es=ede1 fs=0000 gs=0000 ss=ede1
cs:eip=0f 20 dd 81 e5 00 f0 0f-20 c2 0f 01 e0 a8 01 75
08 80 c2 fe e8 53 ff eb-21 0f 20 e0 a9 30 00 75
ss:esp=0c 29 06 00 d5 08 c0 00-16 15 00 00 00 15 00 00
04 00 00 00 54 a6 00 00-04 00 00 00 25 a6 00 00
BTX Halted
Three of the four reboot immediately thereafter. The other one just
sits there, so I can get the real values if that'd help solve the problem.
I'm using the instructions from
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/09/09/diskless_server.html and
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/09/30/diskless_clients.html except
I left all the 4th files in /diskless_ro/boot alone and did not create
my own loader.rc. I'll revisit that step if I can get past this current
problem.
Also, I'm using a boot floppy image from http://rom-o-matic.net/5.3.9/
For the server I'm using a Dell OptiPlex G150. Using another identical
machine with its built-in NIC and MBA/PXE software, everything works
(after changing the MAC in dhcpd.conf of course).
I also tried an image from http://rom-o-matic.net/5.2.5/ (no PXE image
option in this version) and made the dhcpd.conf and /etc/export changes
to load /diskless_ro/boot/kernel/kernel directly. The kernel seems to
load, but then just hangs. I'm sure this is at least partly due to the
fact that I didn't compile in device hints. I haven't gone further down
this path because I'd really like to go with PXE and pxeboot if possible.
All pointers, hints, RTFMs, etc. will be greatly appreciated.
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