pxeboot install on a toshiba 3490ct

I've made some progress trying to install NetBSD onto a
toshiba 3490ct
using pxeboot.

I think I've gotten pxeboot_ia32.bin to load via tftp, then
the
INSTALL_LAPTOP kernel to load via tftp.  But relatively
early the
kernel hangs.  I've tried with both -current and 4.0
kernels.

The console messages look something like this:

>> NetBSD/i386 PXE Boot 1.1
>> (russethelonious.cl-user.org, Thu Jun  7
22:49:39 EDT 2007)
>> Memory 573/129920 k
Press return to boot now, any other key for boot menu
Starting in 0
PXE BIOS Version 2.1
Using PCI device at bus 1 device 4 function 0
Ethernet address 00:00:39:02:8d
net_open: client addr: 192.168.1.101
net_open: subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
net_open: net gateway: 192.168.1.10
net_open: server addr: 192.168.1.10
net_open: file_name: tftp:netbsd.INSTALL_LAPTOP.4_0
2601004+5291780+97364 [212496+200655]=0x804ccc

Then the show is over, frozen.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, or what I should try next?

-russ

Russell McManus <russell_mcmanusyahoo.com> writes:

> I've made some progress trying to install NetBSD onto a
toshiba 3490ct
> using pxeboot.
>
> I think I've gotten pxeboot_ia32.bin to load via tftp,
then the
> INSTALL_LAPTOP kernel to load via tftp.  But relatively
early the
> kernel hangs.  I've tried with both -current and 4.0
kernels.
>
> The console messages look something like this:
>
>>> NetBSD/i386 PXE Boot 1.1
>>> (russethelonious.cl-user.org, Thu Jun  7
22:49:39 EDT 2007)
>>> Memory 573/129920 k
> Press return to boot now, any other key for boot menu
> Starting in 0
> PXE BIOS Version 2.1
> Using PCI device at bus 1 device 4 function 0
> Ethernet address 00:00:39:02:8d
> net_open: client addr: 192.168.1.101
> net_open: subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
> net_open: net gateway: 192.168.1.10
> net_open: server addr: 192.168.1.10
> net_open: file_name: tftp:netbsd.INSTALL_LAPTOP.4_0
> 2601004+5291780+97364 [212496+200655]=0x804ccc
>
> Then the show is over, frozen.

I've also tried loading the kernel via nfs, and I see the
same
behavior.  Any ideas about how to debug this further?  I'm
willing to
spend the time, but I have no idea what to try next.

-russ

On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 09:39:43PM -0400, Russell McManus
wrote:
> net_open: server addr: 192.168.1.10
> net_open: file_name: tftp:netbsd.INSTALL_LAPTOP.4_0
> 2601004+5291780+97364 [212496+200655]=0x804ccc
> 
> Then the show is over, frozen.
> 
> Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, or what I should try
next?

It is possible that the immediate problem is that the
kernel's
console output is getting lost.

You might manage to switch the pxe code to a serial port and
get
some more output.

Also try booting one of the small kernels - maybe even one
of the
non-install kernels.

	David

-- 
David Laight: davidl8s.co.uk