Re: netboot with DFE-530ct

[Sune Rastad Bahn]

Thierry Laronde skrev:
> On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 11:59:13AM +0200, Sune Rastad Bahn wrote:
> > This is probably an etherboot issue rather than a grub bug, but
> > nevertheless:
> >
> > using the D-link card DFE-530ct together with the otulip driver gives the
> > following curious behavior:
> > when booting a kernel:
> >
> > (nd)/vmlinuz-2.2.20 root=/dev/nfs
> >
> > from the grub menu it hangs and oops on a regular basis
> > whereas booting the same kernel from the grub-prompt
> > (with the exact same parameters) reveals no apparent problems.
>
> I had some weird problems between `menu' versus `command line' but that
> was not related to network. So I think the driver is not at fault but
> there is indeed something messed up in the "parsing" of the menu.

After having done some more experimenting I have "succeded" in provoking the 
same curios behavior with other nic's so, you're probably right that this is  
really some grub-related. It might be that the problem is memory related 
(grub overwriting some of the kernel or something), and hence easier to spot 
with additional drivers compiled in, indeed my first guess was that it had to 
do with the splashscreen patch I used to have compiled in, but it still 
occurs after having removed that part.

> Problem is: is this related to some modification made recently or was it
> already the case in such cases with previous versions but nobody
> test them? I have no time _now_ but if nobody gives it a look I will
> try... later.

I might try with 0.91 or something..

> Hint: would you mind trying the following in the menu:
>
> root (nd)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.2.20 root=/dev/nfs
>
> and tell if segregating the device (root) from the filename works under
> the menu?

I have tried that in my original setup, but it didn't work either.

best,
Sune R. BAhn