Re: PXES 8 not working (but 5 did)

"Diego Torres Milano" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.pxes.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Replace your image with the Pre-Built (PB) image and test it again.

> Hello.  I am trying to upgrade our workplace from 0.5.1-35 to .8.
>
> I had good luck with 5.1, but I was interested in some of the new
> features.
>
> I have tested my tftp, and it seems to work, I can pull the kernel image
> just  fine.  I have increased by ramdrive size to 32M in lilo (for all
> options):
>
> =====================<snip>==========================
> .
> .
> .
> label 1
>    kernel vmlinuz-2.4.20-10pxes.i586
>    append ramdisk_size=32768 ro video=vesa vga=771 console=null
> initrd=pxes-0.8.
> squash root=/dev/ram
>
> label pxes
>    kernel vmlinuz-2.4.20-10pxes.i586
>    append ramdisk_size=32768 ro initrd=pxes-0.8.initrd root=/dev/ram
>
> label 2
>    kernel vmlinuz-2.4.20-10pxes.i586
>    append ramdisk_size=32768 ro video=vesa vga=771 console=null
> initrd=pxes-0.8.
> initrd root=/dev/ram
>
> label initrd
>    kernel vmlinuz-2.4.20-10pxes.i586
>    append ramdisk_size=32768 ro video=vesa vga=771 console=null
> initrd=pxes-0.8.
> initrd root=/dev/ram
> ======================</snip>===========================
>
> What happens is this:  I get my graphical lilo screen, and everything
> looks  good.  I get a boot: prompt and all my lilo choices.  If I choose
> the  default, I get the framebuffer pxes icon at the top of the screen
> with a  cursor under it, then it just hangs.
>
> If I choose the novesa option, then I get this:
> "Uncompressing Linux... Ok, "
> Then it just hangs.
>
> I have rebuild my image a dozen times now, and have it stripped way down
> with  X3 now and no fun options.  Nothing helps
>
> Can someone help me please?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Chris
>
>
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