No i downloaded 0.8 version of netboot, and it halts after Uncompresing
linux ..Ok, booting kernel
so probably kernel's bad. i don't know, maybe it's bug in netboot
version 0.9.8. that it can't uncompress older linux kernels or what?
Milan Chudik wrote:
> Hi,
> now i'm quite desperate, so i'm writting here, beacause i have no i
> idea what am i doing wrong.
> I'm trying to do diskless client. I've been reading almost every
> tutorial i found but everything was useless.
> PLEASE HELP ME.
> This is exhausting description what am i doing:
>
> So, I'm trying to do client diskless linux workstation. In fact my
> server is configured as dhcp server. Server is not problem, because it
> was already configured and used before we get new NIC rtl8139D. There
> are some netboot images, that were created by former emplyees and i
> don't know how they were created, but they work for rtl8029 and for
> 3C509, so i can use them for testing. Diskless clients with these
> NICs and that netboot images works perfectly so i can't say the server
> is configured bad. Server is using dhcp server with tftp set, nfs is
> also set as it has to be.
> But now we i'm trying to do netboot image for new NIC (rtl8139D)
> and i can't figure out how.
> So first i compile new kernel for new client. At the end there
> will be paste from config file, so you can check it. Kernel version is
> 2.2.25. I did't use modules suport so everything should be in kernel.
> I did make dep and then make bzImage.
> {Also server runs on this kernel version (sur not the same
> configuration) and also on the same rtl8139D and everything works
> fine, so there is no problem with kernel version and NIC .}
> Second i get zrom image from rom-o-matic for rtl9139 version :
> eb-5.2.2-rtl8139b.zrom and burned this image on EPROM and put it into
> the NIC, i tested it and NIC is looking for DHCP server so it should
> be ok. Then i change MAC address on dhcp server.
> Second i get netboot utility version netboot-0.9.8. I installed,
> it everything looks good. I did netboot image :
> /usr/local/bin/mknbi-linux bzImage newImage
> I put newImage on the server (because it is not compiled on
> server;) and set up dhcp server to use this newImage for that client
> and restarted dhcpd. In fact there are only two comps conected.
> So when client starts booting it gets this newImage by tftp, i
> see it downloading. Then prints on the screen :
> Linux Net Boot Image Loader Version 0.9.8 (netboot)
> Copyright (C) 1996,1997 G. Kuhlmann and M. Gutschke
> Copyright (C) 1995 - 2003 G. Kuhlmann
>
> and then it halts................
> So where is the problem ???????????????????? What am I doing wrong??
> Size of my newImage is at about 534016b, maybe it is big. So I
> tryed to compile kernel as zImage with module support, and i compile
> into kernel only necesary things so the final newImage was at about
> 440000b, but it halts on the same place. Also I tryed to make newImage
> with initrd created after compiling with mkinitrd and then i used
> command i faound on the netboot.courceforge.net : mknbi-linux -x -d
> ram -i rom -r initrd.gz -k bzImage -o newImage
> I was only confused why is initrd.gz and how to create it. i tried
> gzip, but maybe i was wrong. Also my newImage was very big 960000b,
> but client halts after that copyright stuff.
> I also tried rdev newImage /dev/nfs, but i think it is not importand,
> because, i think, mknbi-linux uses it implicitly. (also it didn't work
> it)
> So please help me how to debug it, to see where is problem, or just
> tell me, what am i doing wrong, give me link on the webpage where it
> is described and it works. Maybe i can't use this version of netboot
> with this kernel 2.2.25, but i realy don't know. When i look into the
> /var/log/messages i see that newImage was downloaded and that is last
> sign of communication between server and client.
>
> Thank you, for your advice
>
> ing. Milan Chudik
>
>
>
>
> #
> # Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
> #
> CONFIG_X86=y
>
> #
> # Code maturity level options
> #
> CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
>
> #
> # Processor type and features
> #
> # CONFIG_M386 is not set
> # CONFIG_M486 is not set
> # CONFIG_M586 is not set
> CONFIG_M586TSC=y
> # CONFIG_M686 is not set
> CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
> CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
> CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
> CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
> CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
> # CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set
> # CONFIG_X86_MSR is not set
> # CONFIG_X86_CPUID is not set
> CONFIG_1GB=y
> # CONFIG_2GB is not set
> # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
> # CONFIG_MTRR is not set
> CONFIG_SMP=y
>
> #
> # Loadable module support
> #
> # CONFIG_MODULES is not set
>
> #
> # General setup
> #
> CONFIG_NET=y
> CONFIG_PCI=y
> # CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
> # CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
> CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
> CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
> CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
> CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS=y
> # CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE is not set
> CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y
> # CONFIG_MCA is not set
> # CONFIG_VISWS is not set
> CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
> CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
> CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
> # CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set
> CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
> CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
> CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
> CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
> # CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA is not set
> CONFIG_PARPORT=y
> # CONFIG_PARPORT_PC is not set
> # CONFIG_APM is not set
> # CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set
>
> #
> # Plug and Play support
> #
> # CONFIG_PNP is not set
>
> #
> # Block devices
> #
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
> CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=y
> # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
>
> #
> # Networking options
> #
> CONFIG_PACKET=y
> # CONFIG_NETLINK is not set
> # CONFIG_FIREWALL is not set
> # CONFIG_FILTER is not set
> CONFIG_UNIX=y
> CONFIG_INET=y
> # CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
> CONFIG_IP_PNP=y
> CONFIG_IP_PNP_DHCP=y
> # CONFIG_IP_PNP_BOOTP is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_PNP_RARP is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_ALIAS is not set
> # CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
> # CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set
> CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
> # CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
> # CONFIG_IPX is not set
> # CONFIG_ATALK is not set
> # CONFIG_X25 is not set
> # CONFIG_LAPB is not set
> # CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_DIVERT is not set
> # CONFIG_LLC is not set
> # CONFIG_ECONET is not set
> # CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set
> # CONFIG_CPU_IS_SLOW is not set
>
> #
> # QoS and/or fair queueing
> #
> # CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set
>
> #
> # Telephony Support
> #
> # CONFIG_PHONE is not set
> # CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ is not set
>
> #
> # SCSI support
> #
> # CONFIG_SCSI is not set
>
> #
> # I2O device support
> #
> # CONFIG_I2O is not set
> # CONFIG_I2O_PCI is not set
> # CONFIG_I2O_BLOCK is not set
> # CONFIG_I2O_SCSI is not set
>
> #
> # Network device support
> #
> CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
>
> #
> # ARCnet devices
> #
> # CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
> CONFIG_DUMMY=y
> # CONFIG_BONDING is not set
> # CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_SB1000 is not set
>
> #
> # Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
> #
> CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
> # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set
> # CONFIG_LANCE is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set
> CONFIG_RTL8139=y
> CONFIG_RTL8139TOO=y
> CONFIG_8139TOO_PIO=y
> CONFIG_8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER=y
> # CONFIG_8139TOO_8129 is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_EISA is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
>
> #
> # Ethernet (1000 Mbit)
> #
> # CONFIG_ACENIC is not set
> # CONFIG_HAMACHI is not set
> # CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set
> # CONFIG_SK98LIN is not set
> # CONFIG_FDDI is not set
> # CONFIG_HIPPI is not set
> # CONFIG_PLIP is not set
> # CONFIG_PPP is not set
> # CONFIG_SLIP is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
>
> #
> # Token ring devices
> #
> # CONFIG_TR is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_FC is not set
> # CONFIG_RCPCI is not set
> # CONFIG_SHAPER is not set
>
> #
> # Wan interfaces
> #
> # CONFIG_HOSTESS_SV11 is not set
> # CONFIG_COSA is not set
> # CONFIG_SEALEVEL_4021 is not set
> # CONFIG_SYNCLINK_SYNCPPP is not set
> # CONFIG_FARSYNC is not set
> # CONFIG_LANMEDIA is not set
> # CONFIG_COMX is not set
> # CONFIG_HDLC is not set
> # CONFIG_DLCI is not set
> # CONFIG_XPEED is not set
> # CONFIG_SBNI is not set
>
> #
> # Amateur Radio support
> #
> # CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set
>
> #
> # IrDA (infrared) support
> #
> # CONFIG_IRDA is not set
>
> #
> # ISDN subsystem
> #
> # CONFIG_ISDN is not set
>
> #
> # Old CD-ROM drivers (not SCSI, not IDE)
> #
> # CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set
>
> #
> # Character devices
> #
> CONFIG_VT=y
> # CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE is not set
> CONFIG_SERIAL=y
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set
> # CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS is not set
> CONFIG_PRINTER=y
> # CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK is not set
> # CONFIG_MOUSE is not set
>
> #
> # Joysticks
> #
> # CONFIG_JOYSTICK is not set
> # CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
> # CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
> # CONFIG_NVRAM is not set
> # CONFIG_RTC is not set
> # CONFIG_INTEL_RNG is not set
> # CONFIG_AGP is not set
> # CONFIG_DRM is not set
>
> #
> # Video For Linux
> #
> # CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set
> # CONFIG_DTLK is not set
>
> #
> # Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
> #
> # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
>
> #
> # USB support
> #
> # CONFIG_USB is not set
>
> #
> # Filesystems
> #
> # CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
> CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=y
> # CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_FAT_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_MSDOS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_VFAT_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_ISO9660_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_JOLIET is not set
> # CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
> CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
> # CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set
> CONFIG_ROMFS_FS=y
> CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
> # CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set
>
> #
> # Network File Systems
> #
> # CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
> CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
> CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
> # CONFIG_ROOT_NFS is not set
> CONFIG_NFSD=y
> CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y
> # CONFIG_NFSD_TCP is not set
> CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
> CONFIG_LOCKD=y
> # CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
>
> #
> # Partition Types
> #
> # CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL is not set
> # CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION is not set
> # CONFIG_MINIX_SUBPARTITION is not set
> # CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL is not set
> # CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION is not set
> # CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS is not set
>
> #
> # Console drivers
> #
> CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
> # CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT is not set
> # CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
> # CONFIG_FB is not set
>
> #
> # Sound
> #
> # CONFIG_SOUND is not set
>
> #
> # Kernel hacking
> #
> # CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ is not set
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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