From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 30 08:29:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A75DD16A4CE for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:29:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.infinitebubble.com (pia140-70.pioneernet.net [66.114.140.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11F8443D54 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:29:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jason@infinitebubble.com) Received: from localhost (thor.infinitebubble.com [10.10.1.1]) by mail.infinitebubble.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58403357FE for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:29:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.infinitebubble.com ([10.10.1.3]) by localhost (thor.infinitebubble.com [10.10.1.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 00976-04 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:28:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.1] (aurvandil.infinitebubble.com [192.168.1.1]) by mail.infinitebubble.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D1EE33CC8 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:28:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <41D3BC47.7070506@infinitebubble.com> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:28:55 -0800 From: Jason Taylor User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20041022) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <41D2AD12.8020801@infinitebubble.com> In-Reply-To: <41D2AD12.8020801@infinitebubble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at infinitebubble.com Subject: Re: PXE boot / BTX Halted X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:29:08 -0000 Jason Taylor wrote: > I'm trying to set up a few diskless workstations using some old > hardware. I've tried four different boxes for clients ranging from a > P-133 to a P-200. I did use the same Realtek 8139 based NIC in all 4 > boxes, but I don't think that's the problem. They all get to the point > where they grab pxeboot via tftp and then a message > I'm using the instructions from > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/09/09/diskless_server.html and > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/09/30/diskless_clients.html > All pointers, hints, RTFMs, etc. will be greatly appreciated. An update with with info I hope is more useful. I found an eepro100 card and updated the "Intel Boot Agent" to version 4.1.16. Using this card gets me a little further. Taking out the 4th stuff per the ONLamp instructions, yields a dump and BTX Halted right after: pxe_open: gateway ip: 192.168.1.254 /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x5021c8 data=0x7cc10+0x4fe30 syms=[0x4+0x5a690+0x4+0x6f5d8] Leaving it in, it happens right after the Beastie menu timer finishes counting down. In both cases I get the exact same (register?) values. And here they are: int=00000006 err=00000000 efl=00010002 eip=c0650b2f eax=00000000 ebx=c0a9a006 ecx=00000005 edx=c0a9a009 esi=c0a9a000 edi=00000005 ebp=c0c21bd0 esp=c0c21bd0 cs=0008 ds=0010 es=0010 fs=0010 qs=0010 ss=0010 es:eip=0f 44 d0 89 d0 5d c3 8d-76 00 8d bc 22 00 00 00 00 55 89 e5 83 ec 08 8b-45 08 8b 50 04 89 54 24 ss:esp=f0 1b c2 c0 db 05 65 c0-00 a0 a9 c0 00 a0 a9 c0 05 00 00 00 a3 5d 8e c0-00 e0 c1 00 00 00 00 00 BTX Halted I tried a 2nd box with the same card and got the same results. What am I doing wrong? Are there any BIOS settings I should be checking? Is my equipment simply too antiquated or not supported? Are there any other debugging steps I can take?