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First, is your ice server setup for UEFI booting? <a href="https://www.suse.com/documentation/suse-best-practices/sbp-multi-pxe-install/data/sbp-multi-pxe-install.html">https://www.suse.com/documentation/suse-best-practices/sbp-multi-pxe-install/data/sbp-multi-pxe-install.html</a> is
a guide I authored for SUSE Linux. It would be relatively easy to modify it for most other OSes, although you could certainly download SLES12SP3 from the
<a href="http://downloads.suse.com">downloads.suse.com</a> site and just follow the directions to see if you can get it working.
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<div>Otherwise, Look at your dhcp server logs. Is the lease issued? If so, look at the tftp logs and see if it is accessing the files correctly. <br>
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On Jul 2, 2018, at 10:09 PM, Rick Thomas <<a href="mailto:rbthomas@pobox.com">rbthomas@pobox.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div><span>Hi Steve et al,</span><br>
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<span>No, this is not a show-stopper. It’s just me trying out a new (to me) feature. Given the problems I had (as recorded a month or so ago in this list) with getting the Turbot firmware to boot the Debian installer from a USB stick, I figured it would be
useful (and fun) to experiment with other ways of accomplishing the task.</span><br>
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<span>Here’s what I did:</span><br>
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<span>I set up a small local network consisting of a netgate router providing access to the Internet, running pfSense, one Intel NUC to use as the server, and the aforementioned MinnowBoard Turbot as client.</span><br>
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<span>The NUC is running Debian Stretch, set up with dnsmasq as described in the Debian wiki:</span><br>
<span> <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/PXEBootInstall">https://wiki.debian.org/PXEBootInstall</a></span><br>
<span>The Turbot has a monitor plugged into the HDMI port, a keyboard and mouse plugged into the USB2 port, and an 8GB uSD card into which I hope to install Debian Stretch.</span><br>
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<span>I tested this setup with a Dell laptop (legacy BIOS, not UEFI) and was able to boot into the installer running in “rescue” mode so as not to damage the system already installed on it.</span><br>
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<span>However, when I power-up the Turbot and tell the firmware to boot via the ethernet with PXE, it gives the behavior I described: Screen flashes too fast to read, and return to the firmware.</span><br>
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<span>I have not tried it with a serial console, though I plan to — I’ll report back when I have something to report.</span><br>
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<span>Thanks for any help you can give!</span><br>
<span>Rick</span><br>
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<span>On Jul 2, 2018, at 3:40 AM, Steve W. <<a href="mailto:support@netgate.com">support@netgate.com</a>> wrote:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>That's not something I have tested personally but we can look into it. I don't see any reason it shouldn't be possible. We don't support that directly however.
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>I assume you need to PXE boot this? It's something you need to do repeatedly?
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Can you give us more details of your test setup? Exactly what image are you trying to boot?</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Thanks,</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Steve Wheeler</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Manage your support request online at <a href="https://go.netgate.com">
https://go.netgate.com</a></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>On Mon, Jul 2 at 10:47 AM , Rick <<a href="mailto:rbthomas@pobox.com">rbthomas@pobox.com</a>> wrote:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>I’m trying to install Debian Linux on a Turbot dual-core, single ethernet.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>I want to network boot (PXE boot) the Turbot into the debian installer. I’ve set up a TFTPboot server as described in the Debian documentation. I’ve tested it with a Dell laptop, and been able to use it to boot the Debian installer
on the laptop.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>But she I try to PXE boot the Turbot, the screen flashes a few times — way too fast for me to read anything — and it returns to the BIOS boot menu.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>The Minowboard’s BIOS is version 097, the latest.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Anybody have a clue?</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>ADVthanksANCE,</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Rick</span><br>
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