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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>There appear to be a couple versions of <span class=SpellE>mkelfImage</span>
floating around and I’ve heard reports of varying degrees of reliability
with them. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Could anyone enlighten me on differences here?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We’re trying to boot Linux via <span class=SpellE>Etherboot</span>
and are getting the following:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Welcome
to <span class=SpellE>elfboot</span>, the open sourced starter.</span></font> <br>
<span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>January 2002, Eric <span class=SpellE>Biederman</span>.</span></font></span>
<br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Version
1.3</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Loading
<span class=SpellE>Etherboot</span> version: 5.2.2</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ROM
segment 0x2e81 length 0x7938 <span class=SpellE>reloc</span> 0x00020000</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>CPU
1664 <span class=SpellE>Mhz</span></span></font> <br>
<span class=SpellE><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Etherboot</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 5.2.2 (GPL) <a
href="http://etherboot.org" target="_blank">http://etherboot.org</a> Tagged ELF
for [3C90X]</span></font> <br>
<span class=SpellE><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>get_memsizes</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> | <span class=SpellE>linuxbios</span></span></font>
<br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Relocating
_text from: [000244e0,00034330) to [efef01b0,eff00000)</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Probing
<span class=SpellE>pci</span> <span class=SpellE>nic</span>...</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[3c905b-tpo100]</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>3C90X Driver 2.00 Copyright 1999 <span class=SpellE>LightSys</span>
Technology Services, Inc.</span></font></span> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Portions
Copyright 1999 Steve <span class=GramE>Smith<font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <br>
</span></font>Provided</span> with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.</span></font> <br>
<span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MAC</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Address = </span></font><st1:time
Hour="0" Minute="10"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>00:10</span></font></st1:time><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>:5A:A2:5A:82</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Connectors
present: 10Base-T / 100Base-TX.</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Searching
for server (DHCP)...</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Me:
192.168.123.3, Server: 192.168.123.254, Gateway <span class=GramE>192.168.123.254<font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
<br>
</span></font>Loading</span> 192.168.123.254:vmlinuz.elf (ELF)... done</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Issuing
RESET:</span></font> <br>
<span class=SpellE><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>elf_start</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> | breakpoint = 0x0002ee44</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Has anyone seen this before?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Is this a problem with our Linux kernel or is the problem
with <span class=SpellE>Etherboot</span>?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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