'Boot from local disk' doesn't work

[mad]

Hi!

I created a spin of Fedora 8. Everything went fine. But I'm wondering
about the 'boot from local disk' option. It works on desktop computers
(HP dc5800) but not on servers (HP DL310 G5). After choosing the option
on the server the screen goes blank and nothing else happens.

Any idea how I could fix that?

Many thanks for any help
mad

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

mad wrote:
>  Hi!
>  
>  I created a spin of Fedora 8. Everything went fine. But I'm wondering
>  about the 'boot from local disk' option. It works on desktop computers
>  (HP dc5800) but not on servers (HP DL310 G5). After choosing the option
>  on the server the screen goes blank and nothing else happens.
>  
>  Any idea how I could fix that?
>   
This I presume is a syslinux limitation, where the command:

localboot 0xffff

practically let's the boot from CD-ROM fail. If you have explicitly 
chosen to boot from CD-ROM (by pressing F12?), I think there is no boot 
order... No boot order, no next boot device.

I guess that if you change the boot order in the BIOS to CD-ROM, Hard 
Disk, then boot from the CD-ROM and choose Boot from Local Disk, it 
should continue booting from Hard Disk.

Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen
-kanarip

[mad]

Hi! 

>  This I presume is a syslinux limitation, where the command:
>  
>  localboot 0xffff
>  
>  practically let's the boot from CD-ROM fail. If you have explicitly 
>  chosen to boot from CD-ROM (by pressing F12?), I think there is no boot 
>  order... No boot order, no next boot device. 
This doesn't seem to be the problem. The server I use always have the 
boot order CDROM, PXE, harddisk.

>  I guess that if you change the boot order in the BIOS to CD-ROM, Hard
>
>  Disk, then boot from the CD-ROM and choose Boot from Local Disk, it 
>  should continue booting from Hard Disk. 
I looked in the BIOS and changed the boot order explicitly to CDROM 
and harddisk and tried again but it still hangs. If there is no 
CDROM in the drive, the server tries first to boot from CDROM and
then automatically from harddisk...

Any more ideas?

Thank you for your help
mad

On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 11:12 +0100, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: 
>  > I created a spin of Fedora 8. Everything went fine. But I'm
> wondering
>  > about the 'boot from local disk' option. It works on desktop computers
>  > (HP dc5800) but not on servers (HP DL310 G5). After choosing the option
>  > on the server the screen goes blank and nothing else happens.
>  > 
>  > Any idea how I could fix that?

[mad]

The solution that works for me is:

localboot 0x80

I found it on
http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/SYSLINUX#LOCALBOOT_type_.5BISOLI...

Thanks for the help
mad

On Monday 02 February 2009 09:07:24 mad wrote:
>  Hi!
>
>  > This I presume is a syslinux limitation, where the command:
>  >
>  > localboot 0xffff
>  >
>  > practically let's the boot from CD-ROM fail. If you have explicitly
>  > chosen to boot from CD-ROM (by pressing F12?), I think there is no boot
>  > order... No boot order, no next boot device.
>
>  This doesn't seem to be the problem. The server I use always have the
>  boot order CDROM, PXE, harddisk.
>
>  > I guess that if you change the boot order in the BIOS to CD-ROM, Hard
>  > Disk, then boot from the CD-ROM and choose Boot from Local Disk, it
>  > should continue booting from Hard Disk.
>
>  I looked in the BIOS and changed the boot order explicitly to CDROM
>  and harddisk and tried again but it still hangs. If there is no
>  CDROM in the drive, the server tries first to boot from CDROM and
>  then automatically from harddisk...
>
>  Any more ideas?
>
>  Thank you for your help
>  mad
>
>  On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 11:12 +0100, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote:
>  > > I created a spin of Fedora 8. Everything went fine. But I'm wondering
>  > > about the 'boot from local disk' option. It works on desktop computers
>  > > (HP dc5800) but not on servers (HP DL310 G5). After choosing the option
>  > > on the server the screen goes blank and nothing else happens.
>  > >
>  > > Any idea how I could fix that?
>
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[Louie Bounassif]

Hi,
Make sure all the hardware related rpms's are installed for
starters..i.e @hardware-suppport.

If that works then you can start removing the rpm's you don't require
from hardware-support.

Regards,
Louie 

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Subject: [revisor-users] 'Boot from local disk' doesn't work

Hi!

I created a spin of Fedora 8. Everything went fine. But I'm wondering
about the 'boot from local disk' option. It works on desktop computers
(HP dc5800) but not on servers (HP DL310 G5). After choosing the option
on the server the screen goes blank and nothing else happens.

Any idea how I could fix that?

Many thanks for any help
mad


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