From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Tremer To: development@lists.ipfire.org Subject: Re: IPFire install over PXE Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 18:38:57 -0400 Message-ID: <1472164737.2430.5.camel@ipfire.org> In-Reply-To: <001101d1fe8c$7fcd42d0$7f67c870$@gmx.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============5819960645366541999==" List-Id: --===============5819960645366541999== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Thu, 2016-08-25 at 07:52 +0300, Horace Michael wrote: > Good morning, > Tested, here are the results: > 1. Laptop booting ipxe.kpxe from "latesl" folder available at  http:/ > /mirror0.ipfire.org/releases/ipfire-boot/latest/ - ALL OK. Even more > - I see the message for activating the hidden menu defined in > premenu.cfg.  > > > 2. SBC (PCEngines APU1C2) - booting ipxe.kpxe from http://mirror0.ipf > ire.org/releases/ipfire-boot/v1.0/ - during the timeout from > premenu.cfg I can press any key and setect TEXT submenu (the one that > uses menu.c32) - after that I can select "Install with serial > console..." > - ALL OK (no duplicated characters) > > 3. SBC (PCEngines APU1C2) - booting ipxe.kpxe from http://mirror0.ipf > ire.org/releases/ipfire-boot/v1.0/ -  no key pressed during timeout > message from premenu.cfg - I am redirected to TEXT menu from where I > can select "Install with serial console..." > - ALL OK (no duplicated characters) > > Steps 2 and 3 repeteated with ipxe.kpxe from "latest" - ALL works > fine except some duplicated characters while loading cfg files and > pxelinux.0 from boot.ipfire.org.  > > Dropped a request to PCEngine to check their BIOS for that duplicated > characters thing. Thanks. Let us hear if you get anything back! Best, -Michael > But I can also live with this behavior... > > Many thanks for quick solution! > Best regards, > Horace > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Tremer [mailto:michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org]  > Sent: 25 august 2016 0:04 > To: Horace Michael ; development(a)lists.ipfire > .org > Subject: Re: IPFire install over PXE > > Hi Horace, > > On Wed, 2016-08-24 at 21:38 +0300, Horace Michael wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > After several tests (using a normal PC but also a SBC with no  > > videocard - > > APU1C2 from PCEngines) on installing IPFIre over PXE I’ve ended up  > > several possible faults that lead to PXE not working: > > > > Point A. > > pxelinux.0 points to a wrong server: server returns "502 Bad > > Gateway" > > I have seen that bug before but couldn't find where that URL was in > the short time that I had available. > > But I found it now and fixed it :) > > http://git.ipfire.org/?p=ipfire.org.git;a=commitdiff;h=e7c9ed3cc22f02 > 8750a6433a830eab585b9c32fc > > > > > Here are the outputs: > > > > > > TFTP prefix: http://boot.dev.ipfire.org/ Unable to locate  > > configuration file > > > > Boot failed: press a key to retry, or wait for reset... > > ......... > > > > > > Point B. > > Premenu.cfg loaded by menu.gpxe (http://boot.ipfire.org/menu.gpxe > > )  > > has default menu the vesa menu and the submenu that should allow me > > to  > > select between vesa and text are declared hidden. Therefore I > > can't  > > select the text interface when I am booting from an SBC without > > video  > > card - only option being the serial console = text menu - menu.c32. > > > > Extract from premenu.cfg: > > > > menu hidden > > timeout 30 > > > > menu title Select menu type > > menu autoboot Press any key for options or wait # second{,s}... > > > > label vesa > >   menu default > >   text help > >   The default graphical boot menu. > >   endtext > >   menu label Graphical menu > >   kernel vesamenu.c32 > >   append menu.cfg?arch=i586&platform=pcbios > > > > label text > >   menu label Text menu > >   text help > >   Use this menu if the graphical menu does not work on your system. > >   endtext > >   kernel menu.c32 > >   append menu.cfg?arch=i586&platform=pcbios > > Actually the BIOS should tell the menu that it doesn't support > graphics AFAIK. > > > > > > > Point C. > > Old .kpxe files from v1.0 folder > > (http://mirror0.ipfire.org/releases/ipfire-boot/v1.0/) don’t > > duplicate  > > the characters on screen while the other .kpxe files (including > > the  > > ones from latest -  > > http://mirror0.ipfire.org/releases/ipfire-boot/latest/ - generate  > > duplicate characters after loading the .kpxe and download from  > > boot.ipfire.org starts. > > > > We discovered that this is a bug of the BIOS of the APU. > > On other systems that worked fine. > > I think by now this could be a little outdated. If you need sources > for our changes and want to update the loader, please have a look > here: > > http://git.ipfire.org/?p=oddments/ipfire-netboot.git;a=summary > > Patches are always welcome :) > > > > > Printscreens and additional details on forum: > > http://forum.ipfire.org/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=15250#p100110 > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > Horace > > Best, > -Michael > --===============5819960645366541999== Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" MIME-Version: 1.0 LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBQR1AgU0lHTkFUVVJFLS0tLS0KVmVyc2lvbjogR251UEcgdjIKCmlRSWNCQUFC Q2dBR0JRSlh2M09DQUFvSkVJQjU4UDl2a0FrSGFza1ArZ01QWjhSSkR5NTNVUmphZUU4WklUZk0K ZTNTQmZjcWxGalNEMkV1Rzg3UGxpeWJwekFFbkh0NEEzZit4YTBjQWV0cWlKY0daUkNOdjB0N0d0 ei92bFhjLwpIZG9uamtSa3VUdW0ybjJPK2pnSFNTQWZOWHJHSnV5QWpIMitFbEMvb050d08wemZt dTFHUC9xZjU0ZnFDbkFwCmNPQjVBcXdYeXlPdzM5bHg5SVJYWWZiRWRnMmFZNXNia1ptT1Z4VTZ5 NmdtbHRlT3VlWjQ5TlBDNlNqQ0swM2oKNmxqSmsvM1JKZU53NElDU1ZFUmNBU1dzQ2FPZjcvMUVF a2dEYUxna281Uk04bFZQUEV3NkNuLzhxZWkrWEVIdwpzU096OVMwT1BaQTlnTmVCVDl5Vkx4dTRS RWEyWWZHNDBETHVPLy9hZVFEUitrM2tzRlZ2OXFtTzlzdzBuQlY4CmFPamY1T3FySjE3cDJxbFpq dmNqaUVTV3BMSXF2ZEFlTEpyZGlWdEczY3JEYkhBbVVPancwL3J4TllFLy9xc3cKM1poZDVacE9E ODVvQlc0K0dpeHhCZExjNG1NQXlDN0dBZWd0dHhJRWxMZWdPKzJvN2hmS0FJS3p2Q0xVejY4Wgo2 eGpWekpldm9ZVnFRU2FML0ZSRHBpZWlCV3JMNHB2bzFqcHBGUURHUFNQMzE0RHExNmVrUFZLM256 ZVRGWllyCmJKbzl2aEV2L1dLaGVMRmRZNnlmWUNXbkY0R2REVktSRmdFbXRBN1BhWG5XaVFJWEdt UVFsWTgwL1phNDZ3Ty8KMDkveUpHU2dXRStYWGVzMVE4Z1RaSU1sSDVqZUVQSFpDbjBLUS9tLzhN dzgrT0NaWDJ3NERsRHQ4eC81dkQ0cApNaC9nTUMydStoUW9OMHVNVExLUAo9TjJQUAotLS0tLUVO RCBQR1AgU0lHTkFUVVJFLS0tLS0K --===============5819960645366541999==--