Re: diskless node reboots after tftp download

[Marty Connor <mdc@thinguin.org>]

On 2/15/2000 1:52 PM Matthijs van Leeuwen m.vanleeuwen@ic.ac.uk wrote:
>I'm trying to set up a diskless node with an ATI
>AT-2000U NE2000 ISA NIC. I've created a bootrom
>and put it on floppy to boot the diskless node
>from. All goes well, including download of the
>Linux kernel, but as soon as tftp has finished
>downloading, the node reboots.

The first question I would ask is: does this happen when you use a floppy 
disk on the same workstation?  If so, it might be a defective ROM.  Have 
you tried this ROM on any other cards, that is, is this a known working 
rom?
Also, are you using netboot or etherboot?

Regards,

Marty

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