Bug#415768: [SPARC64] netboot fails => system frozen

[stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers)]

Op 21-03-2007 om 20:33 schreef Erik van der Kolk:
> 
> During netboot "Debian Etch", after TFTP transfer is completed, I get
> the message "Booting Linux..."
> Not long after that, the screen seems to switch blank just a second
> and turns back.
> After that, the system locks up. (Can't even do "Stop + A")
> I never got the etch version to work with all the releases mentioned on the 
> URL.
> Even a daily build from another URL has the same problem.
> Also tried "framebuffer=true", but doesn't help.
> The machine has only 1 videocard (it's the onboard one).

Is removing the keyboard[1] and using a serial line option for you?


Cheers
Geert Stappers

[1] Keyboard removal "forces" the bootROM to switch to serial port.