Re: diskless node reboots after tftp download

[Matthijs van Leeuwen <m.vanleeuwen@ic.ac.uk>]

Marty Connor wrote:
> 
> 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?

I'm using netboot's makerom program and specify "NE2000 compatible ISA
network card" to make an image.flo file which I then put on floppy.
The initial stages of booting from floppy, recognising the card, irq and
io address, sending a bootp request, getting an answer and starting
tftp download all go fine ... But then the machine reboots and it all
starts again :-(

Further suggestions much appreciated!

Matthijs

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