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RB-110 Ethernet port

2010-07-14T13:05:00+01:00

Spiked3 wrote:
Windows Deployment Services running on Windows 2003 server and Microsoft DHCP.

The roboard get to the 'press F12' prompt (which indicates proper DHCP and initial PXE) buts get no further after pressing F12.

It seems that your RoBoard successfully booted into your PXE bootstrap (so you can see the "press F12..." message), but failed when getting into the selected OS image.

This is possibly because the selected OS image doesn't recognize RoBoard's LAN hardware. Please ensure that the OS image is configured to support RoBoard's LAN hardware and try it again.

Statistics: Posted by roboard — Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:05 pm

RB-110 Ethernet port

2010-07-13T21:37:38+01:00

Windows Deployment Services running on Windows 2003 server and Microsoft DHCP.

As I mentioned earlier, 2 other computers have been tested and successfully boot via PXE on my LAN.

The roboard get to the 'press F12' prompt (which indicates proper DHCP and initial PXE) buts get no further after pressing F12.

Statistics: Posted by Spiked3 — Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:37 pm

RB-110 Ethernet port

2010-07-12T07:10:06+01:00

Spiked3 wrote:
It gets a dhcp address - all the way to the 'Press F12 for network service boot'. If I do not press anything it times out and boots normal. If I press F12 it just hangs. Like I said, I verified with 2 other computers that they will successfully boot from the network.

Hi, in our test, when disabling COM3 & 4 and with the option [Used INT 18h] in BIOS, we can successfully boot into our PXE server: Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0. Can you tell us what PXE server you use? We may need this info to help debugging your problem:)

Statistics: Posted by roboard — Mon Jul 12, 2010 7:10 am

RB-110 Ethernet port

2010-07-09T12:05:07+01:00

It gets a dhcp address - all the way to the 'Press F12 for network service boot'. If I do not press anything it times out and boots normal. If I press F12 it just hangs. Like I said, I verified with 2 other computers that they will successfully boot from the network.

I have all serial ports disabled, same result.

Statistics: Posted by Spiked3 — Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:05 pm

RB-110 Ethernet port

2010-07-09T05:14:28+01:00

Spiked3 wrote:
The ethernet port is now working from Windows, and the PXE boot gets further but will not complete. I have verified with 2 other computers that the PXE environment is working correctly, but not for the roboard.

I was hoping to use this to capture images for backup purposes, and to install various flavors of OSs.

Otherwise, what strategy are people using to backup bootable SD cards?

Hi,

1. To boot from PXE, you need to enable the Boot->Boot Setting Configuration->Boot From LAN option in BIOS. Also you may need to disable some COM ports (check Chipest->SouthBridge Configuration->Serial/Parallel Port Configuration in BIOS) for freeing enough IRQ for PXE usage.

2. We generally use Norton Ghost and/or DriveImage XML to backup bootable SD cards.

Statistics: Posted by roboard — Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:14 am

RB-110 Ethernet port

2010-07-08T23:29:07+01:00

I finally got the mac into the roboard. Had a bad USB stick I guess.

The ethernet port is now working from Windows, and the PXE boot gets further but will not complete. I have verified with 2 other computers that the PXE environment is working correctly, but not for the roboard.

I was hoping to use this to capture images for backup purposes, and to install various flavors of OSs.

Otherwise, what strategy are people using to backup bootable SD cards?

Statistics: Posted by Spiked3 — Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:29 pm

RB-110 Ethernet port

2010-07-08T07:52:04+01:00

Hi All,

in case your RB-110 got invalid MAC address as FFFFs, please mail to tech@roboard.com, we will mail you the tutorial for how to update.

Statistics: Posted by roboard — Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:52 am

RB-110 Ethernet port

2010-07-07T10:19:41+01:00

Spiked3 wrote:
So far freeDOS has been unable to boot from a USB drive, which is my only means to boot (since the network card doesnt work).

serial # is RB0A060037

Hi,

we have sent a FreeDOS ghost image and the related tutorial to you. Please check your email and try the MAC updating tool again.

Statistics: Posted by roboard — Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:19 am

RB-110 Ethernet port

2010-07-07T04:18:09+01:00

So far freeDOS has been unable to boot from a USB drive, which is my only means to boot (since the network card doesnt work).

serial # is RB0A060037

Statistics: Posted by Spiked3 — Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:18 am

RB-110 Ethernet port

2010-07-07T02:30:21+01:00

Spiked3 wrote:
It just gets an error message 'unknown cpu type'

Hi,

you must run the MAC-updating program under pure DOS, not WinXP.

If you need a DOS boot disk, we can email you a FreeDOS ghost image (for helping you to boot into a pure DOS environment).

Statistics: Posted by roboard — Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:30 am

RB-110 Ethernet port

2010-07-06T17:02:45+01:00

It just gets an error message 'unknown cpu type'

Just for everyone's FYI, I ordered this board May 21, I still have yet to get a functional board. I don't think these guys quite have a working product yet.

Statistics: Posted by Spiked3 — Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:02 pm

RB-110 Ethernet port

2010-07-06T13:23:53+01:00

Spiked3 wrote:
I still have not received the programs you mentioned.

The .exe is blocked by gmail. We have re-sent the program to you; please check your mail

Statistics: Posted by roboard — Tue Jul 06, 2010 1:23 pm

RB-110 Ethernet port

2010-07-05T16:14:24+01:00

I still have not received the programs you mentioned.

Statistics: Posted by Spiked3 — Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:14 pm

RB-110 Ethernet port

2010-07-05T13:24:57+01:00

RN1AsOf091407 wrote:
Roboard, are there a set of PCI Configuration registers to check / set this?

Hi, Paul,

The MAC address is stored in RoBoard's BIOS, and careless access can destroy the BIOS such that RoBoard doesn't boot. We don't suggest that users write programs to set the MAC address by theirselves.

Statistics: Posted by roboard — Mon Jul 05, 2010 1:24 pm

RB-110 Ethernet port

2010-07-03T18:06:03+01:00

Odd... When I check the MAC address on my Roboard under WinXP (ipconfig /all at a command prompt), I get 00-1B-EB-48-1E-31.

Roboard, are there a set of PCI Configuration registers to check / set this?

Thanks,
Paul

Statistics: Posted by PaulL — Sat Jul 03, 2010 6:06 pm