Subject: Re: problems with soekris serial console
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.org>
From: Dan McMahill <dmcmahill@NetBSD.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/11/2004 17:51:06
On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 10:53:05AM -0400, Steve Rumble wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 12:14:38AM -0400, Dan McMahill wrote:
> > 
> > I'm trying to get a soekris net4501 up and running with the latest on the
> > netbsd-2-0 branch.  I've gotten as far as setting up the dhcp server, tftp
> > server, and file systems.  When the net4501 tries to load the kernel I stop 
> > getting any more messages on the serial console.  The kernel I'm trying
> > to boot is from the NET4501 config.  I tried adding 
> 
> [snip]
> 
> This appears to be a known issue (PR25174). I ran into it myself
> with a NET4526 and ended up just using a pxeboot from 1.6.2.
> It'll be a shame if this remains broken for 2.0.
 

Ah.  Thanks for the tip.  Using the 1.6.2 pxeboot does indeed fix my
problem.

-Dan


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