RE: [Fwd: the Richmond saga continues]

[steven james <pyro@linuxlabs.com>]

Greetings,

Did you get any output from Node 8?
If so, it could need it's CMOS cleared, then set up again. Unfortunatly,
that will require a video card.

It may be informative for me to man minicom remotely while reset is
pressed to see if I can deduce the problem.

G'day,
sjames


On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Stefanovski, Sasko wrote:

> Steven,
> 
> >Node 8 looks like it may have lost it's boot order configuration, and is
> >trying the HD before PXE. The Tyan BIOS frequently tries to boot the MBR
> >blindly (leaving the serial screen scrape ISR in place) resulting in a
> >hang.
> 
> >The BIOS can be reset through minicom (hit reset on node, then hit F2 on
> >minicom. In the boot order menu, the UNDI should be above hard drvie.
> 
> I did this, but node 8 does not respond to F2 from minicom.
> I tried also connecting the keyboard directly to node 8, while watching from
> minicom. 
> Didn't work either.
> 
> Any other suggestions?
> 
> Sasko
> 

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