[gPXE] USB-HDD boot on VIA C3 CPU

Geert Stappers stappers at stappers.nl
Thu Feb 4 18:31:54 EST 2010


Op 20100204 om 18:56 schreef Geert Stappers:
> Op 20100204 om 18:33 schreef Geert Stappers:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > While trying to boot  gPXE from a USB memory stick
> > on a computer with VIA C3  CPU  I got stuck
> > on a "frozen computer", the system hangs for unknown reason.
> > 
 <snip/>
> > 
> > To me it seems that the most value thing,
> > would be a "Hello World" printed with BIOS routines.
> > It would mean that one can see that the gPXE code
> > came alive.

In the attachment a patch that prints 'Good'
( printing 'morning' fails )


> > Right now it is not clear if the BIOS is executing
> > or that the BIOS allready did handover execution to gPXE.


Seems like the VIA C3 system, which has USB 1.1,
doesn't like USB 2.0 memory sticks.



Groeten
Geert Stappers

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