Problems PXE installing 5.X on RLX Blade

Brian Towles brian at towles.com
Thu Jan 8 11:43:22 PST 2004


Howdy all


I'm trying to get 5.2RC2 to install via PXE on an RLX 633 Blade.
I keep getting to the point where the kernel loads, it looks like its
starting to load modules and then hangs. I get no kernel outout except
spinners

Ive tried removing acpi and it just hangs as well   no dump or output
visible telling me whats happening.

Its like its not finding or able to load the next module in the chain  
but i cant tell what it is.

Ive been able to get 4.X to install fine...  but have have not gotten
past this point with any of the 5.X stuff.

Does anyone have any idea whats going on or how to get past this point?

Thanks
-=Brian

loader.rc with ACPI removed 
-----------------------------------
echo Loading Kernel...
load /boot/kernel/kernel
load -t mfs_root /boot/mfsroot
unset acpi_load
set hint.acpi.0.disabled=1
echo booting...
echo \007\007
echo initializing h0h0magic...
set vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/md0c"
set console="comconsole"
boot

Output
----------------------------------

Intel(R) Boot Agent Version 4.0.17
Copyright (C) 1997-2001, Intel Corporation

Intel Base-Code, PXE-2.0 (build 083)
Copyright (C) 1997-2001, Intel Corporation

CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 42 52 00 13 B3.
DHCP...CLIENT IP: 10.1.1.128  MASK: 255.255.255.0  DHCP IP: 10.1.1.1
GATEWAY IP: 10.1.1.254

Auto-select:
     Network boot
BD.
BOOT SERVER IP: 10.1.1.1
TFTP.
PXE Loader 1.00

Building the boot loader arguments
Relocating the loader and the BTX
Starting the BTX loader
Console: internal video/keyboard
BIOS drive C: is disk0
BIOS drive D: is disk1
PXE version 2.1, real mode entry point @997a:0106
BIOS 622kB/506816kB available memory
FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1(root at wv1u.freebsd.org, Mon
Dec 22 02:53:03 GMT 2003)
pxe_open: server addr: 10.1.1.1
pxe_open: server path: /pxeroot
pxe_open: gateway ip:  10.1.1.254
Loading Kernel.../boot/kernel/kernel text=0x45bdec data=0x795bc+0x47820
syms=[0x4+0x57d60+0x4+0x6a0e4]
booting...
initializing h0h0magic...


loader.rc with ACPI still enabled
----------------------------------
echo Loading Kernel...
load /boot/kernel/kernel
load -t mfs_root /boot/mfsroot
echo booting...
echo \007\007
echo initializing h0h0magic...
set vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/md0c"
set console="comconsole"
boot

Output
----------------------------------
Intel(R) Boot Agent Version 4.0.17
Copyright (C) 1997-2001, Intel Corporation

Intel Base-Code, PXE-2.0 (build 083)
Copyright (C) 1997-2001, Intel Corporation

CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 42 52 00 13 B3.
DHCP..CLIENT IP: 10.1.1.128  MASK: 255.255.255.0  DHCP IP: 10.1.1.1
GATEWAY IP: 10.1.1.254

Auto-select:
     Network boot
BD.
BOOT SERVER IP: 10.1.1.1
TFTP.
TFTP.PXE Loader 1.00

Building the boot loader arguments
Relocating the loader and the BTX
Starting the BTX loader
Console: internal video/keyboard
BIOS drive C: is disk0
BIOS drive D: is disk1
PXE version 2.1, real mode entry point @997a:0106
BIOS 622kB/506816kB available memory
FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
(root at wv1u.freebsd.org, Mon Dec 22 02:53:03 GMT 2003)
pxe_open: server addr: 10.1.1.1
pxe_open: server path: /pxeroot
pxe_open: gateway ip:  10.1.1.254
Loading Kernel.../boot/kernel/kernel text=0x45bdec data=0x795bc+0x47820
syms=[0x4+0x57d60+0x4+0x6a0e4]
booting...
initializing h0h0magic...
/boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0x3f084 data=0x1724+0x114c
syms=[0x4+0x6af0+0x4+0x860f]






-- 
Brian Towles <brian at towles.com>



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