Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 09:53:58 -0500 (EST) From: "Andrew Bogecho" <andrewb@cs.mcgill.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Christopher Cowart <ccowart@rescomp.berkeley.edu> Subject: Re: pxeboot fails to load acpi.ko Message-ID: <4463.132.206.55.240.1139410438.squirrel@mail.cs.mcgill.ca> In-Reply-To: <20060207215025.GA5318@rescomp.berkeley.edu> References: <20060207215025.GA5318@rescomp.berkeley.edu>
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Hi, Have you had a look in /boot/device.hints? hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" I at the moment maintain 2 diskless images, the one for older hardware has the above setting to disable acpi(machine would hang with it enabled). I believe setting it to "0" or commenting it out could help you. A. > Hey- > > > I've been working on a project to automate FreeBSD installations over > the network, using PXE boot capabilities. I've been following the howtos, > as documented starting here: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pxe/index.html > and http://www.daemonsecurity.com/pxe/jumpstart.html > > > I'm having a difficult time finding posts from other people who have > experienced similar problems. > > Everything is setup. I'm using a tftpd that can handle large files. > DHCPD is configured correctly. The client boots the PXE boot loader, as > it should. It then begins loading the kernel. Upon loading the file > acpi.ko, the boot hangs. > > Doing a tcpdump on the traffic, it looks like the machine receives the > last packet of acpi.ko, and before it even has a chance to send an ACK, > it's done. The twirly status bar stops spinning. The machine is doomed for > a hard reboot. > > I've tried with two very different boxes to ensure it's not a hardware > anomoly. The machines boot fine from the installation CDs -- loading > acpi.ko. Further, I started with 5.3-REL, stepped up to 5.4-REL, and > lastly, 6.0-REL. The problem occurs with all these versions. > > I'm not sure how to continue debugging this problem. Any tips in terms > of troubleshooting or known workarounds would be great. > > > Thanks, > Chris > > > > -- > Christopher Cowart > Unix Systems Administrator > Residential Computing, UC Berkeley > "May all your pushes be popped" > >
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