[Soekris] 4511 Linux init 6 wants to reboot using PXE

Maqbool Hashim Maqbool.Hashim at sohonet.co.uk
Wed Oct 11 12:24:52 UTC 2006


Hi,

Would love to know if its possible to get the 4801's to pxe boot by default?

Mr. Bill wrote:
> Hello Larry,
>
> I've always been wondering if there was a way to make the Soekris do a
> PXE TFTP boot by default. Apparently you've found one. Perhaps the
> Soekris people could give us a tip on how to boot the Soekris
> unambiguously in either way. Would it be possible to reprogram the
> firmware so that it accepts a "Boot from.." parameter?
>
> Bill Maas
>
> On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 22:25 -0400, Larry Boehm wrote: 
>   
>> I loaded my new 4511 with debian.
>> If unplug and hard restart, everything works fine and it boots in
>> Linux from the CF card.
>> If from linux I restart using init 6 (soft shutdown and reboot), it
>> tries to do a PXE TFTP boot.
>> Is there a setting in the BIOS I should change to adjust this?
>>  
>> show
>>  
>> ConSpeed = 19200
>> ConLock = Enabled
>> ConMute = Disabled
>> BIOSentry = Enabled
>> PCIROMS = Enabled
>> PXEBoot = Enabled
>> FLASH = Primary
>> BootDelay = 5
>> FastBoot = Disabled
>> BootPartition = Disabled
>> BootDrive = 80 81 F0 FF
>> ShowPCI = Enabled
>> Reset = Hard
>>  
>> Thanks
>> -Larry
>>  
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