Subject: Re: pxeboot com0 no more
To: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
From: matthew sporleder <msporleder@gmail.com>
List: tech-embed
Date: 01/05/2006 16:50:19
Maybe I should clarify-
Could I build _just_ installboot on my mac and change that file
without messing up anything?

On 1/5/06, David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 04:25:14PM -0500, matthew sporleder wrote:
> > Basically, I was doing this: (how-to not finished, but do check out
> > the pics :) )
> > http://www.mspo.com/soekris.html
> >
> > Could I just build installboot and run it against the pxeboot file
> > without messing up anything?
>
> yes - you need:
>     installboot -e -o console=3Dcom0,speed=3D0,timeout=3D999 pxeboot_ia32=
.bin
>
> assuming you are running something recent enough!
>
> Setting the speed to 0 will recover the speed from the uart registers!
>
>         David
>
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> David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk
>