Re: Problem for deployment to Target from Linux OS image (generate by Qplus)

It sounds like your kernel is configured with the wrong
cpu type. You didn't mention your target hardware,
but if, for example, you have a pentium, and you didn't
change the processor from the default (P3, IIRC)
this type of behavior is typical. To fix this, don't just
change the processor type and rebuild -- you have to
rebuild the kernel completely.

Copying to qplus-devel, in case Heechul has anything
else to add ...

Jerry

Kevin Yang wrote:

>Hi Jerry,
>
>I have a problem for deploying Linux OS image (generated by Qplus) to Target
>Machine.
>
>First, we run Qplus (Verson 1.2) on Redhat 7.1 and got the Linux OS image.
>We followed the document from the link in your article and print out the
>"Qplus-P Target Builder User's Guide"
>
>We have completed the following process according the menu.
>
>1. Chapter 1 to 2 (Build the OS Image and geterate the OS Image)
>
>2. For Chapter 3 "Deployment to Target (i386/Generic)"
>    We do the following:
>     a. 3.1  Check the Host Requirement -- Ok
>     b. 3.2  Making Etherboot boot floppy disk
>         -- we got the .lzdsk file from http://rom-o-matic.org the latest
>version.
>         -- we successfully build the Bootup disk through the following
>command
>             $ cat eb-5.0.14-rtl8139.lzdsk > /dev/fd0
>     c. 3.4 Host system configuration for Etherboot
>        -- we configure the DHCPD
>        -- we modify /det/dhcpd.conf file as shown in the example of
>document
>        -- we also gave command '/etc/ini.d/dhcpd restart'
>        then
>        -- we modify disable record in /etc/xinetd/tftp file to no and
>issued the command
>           '/etc/initd/xinetd restart
>
>3. We basically followed the 3.7 Installing to the hard disk of target
>system on the menu
>     a. select install to target system's option
>     b. Execute Build all in the menu
>     c. Execute Deploy Taget Image in the menu.
>     d. Check the files we create ----- No problem.
>         (/tftpboot/qplusp.etherboot.......)
>     e. Finally we boot the tagert system.
>         -- Target system has a floppy drive which contain the boot disk and
>a
>            Hard Drive as the target place to store OS image, file
>system..........
>     After we have done the above and boot the target system
>
>     The following is what we got
>     -- target system boot, connect to the host, download something from
>host (this is what we think)
>        the target show the following message and immeidately reboot again
>and again:
>
>        Verifying DMA Pool Data........
>        .000021.000 done
>        ROM Segment 0x0800 length 0x4000 reloc 0x00020000
>        Etherboot 5.1.7 (GPL) Tagged ELF for [RTL8139]
>        Relocating _text from:[00023920, 000341f0) to [07ddf730, 07df0000)
>        Boot from (N)etwork (D)isk (F)loppy or from (L)ocal?
>        Probing pic nic ...
>        Searching for server (DHCP)...
>        Me: 192.168.10.237, Server: 192.168.10.185
>        Loading 192.168.10.185:qplus.etherboot XXXX(1549/...)
>
>    Unfortunately, we though the Hard Drive should contain boot inform and
>can continue get
>    OS image and file system from host. It is not.
>
>    One thing we missed from the menu is that we can not find the file ended
>with .lzdsk inside folder"<projdir>/tools/etherbooimgs"
>    which stated in the chapter 3.2 "Making Etherboot boot floppy disk". So
>we got the boot image from http://rom-o-matic.org
>
>    Another thing is that we are not sure if the Hard Drive on target
>machine should format or not before the downloading process?
>
>    So can you give us some advise or correction for what is going wrong on
>our process?
>    Or you have any suggestion or soultion to us.
>
>    Your help will be highly appreciated!
>
>    Thank you very much and have a nice day!
>
>
>    Sincerely Yous
>
>    Kevin
>    Embedded System Engineering Group,
>    CIVON CORP.
>
>    email: [email protected]
>    tel: +886-2-8732-5035 ext. 108
>
>
>
>
>
>  
>




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