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Re: Ultra 5 won't boot from HD after install



On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 07:37:57PM -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> I have set up a tftp environment from which I can boot the installation
> system on this machine.  What do I need to do to tftp a kernel to this
> machine and boot it?  I obviously can't just send a kernel image to the
> machine (I tried).  I can boot the tftpboot.img file with no troubles,
> but of course that kicks me into the system installer.  I just want to
> boot the actual installed system via tftp.
> 
> I've found the silotftp.b bootloader and used tftp to get it running,
> but it can't seem to access the disk, either.  So it really seems like
> I'll need to download the whole kernel.
> 
> Of course, even if I manage to do this, who knows if the machine will be
> stable or not.  I'm starting to think there might be something wrong
> with the PCI bus or the IDE controller.

Are you sure that you have the disk setup as Master, and not cable
select or something else weird.

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