[Bug 487826] Re: Etherboot floppy boot terminal appears to load image and failed with 'Issuing RESET:' on 9.10

[Alkis Georgopoulos]

I propose that we completely remove support for NBI images from ltsp-trunk.
Copy from my mail to the ltsp-developer list:


AFAIK, NBI (Etherboot) support has been broken for years:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ltsp/+bug/487826

I want to remove all of the NBI code from ltsp-trunk, so I'm proposing this commit:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~alkisg/+junk/ltsp/revision/2500

This touches files like dhcpd.conf from all distros, so please stop me
from committing it if NBI images still work for you.

As for a workaround,
 * I think some etherboot clients support booting from pxelinux.0 (I had this in mind in the planned commit),
 * While for older etherboot clients that don't support pxelinux.0, someone that has such a client should create an ipxe.nbi wrapper, post it to our wiki and document how to change dhcpd.conf to boot from that.

I'll wait for a few days for feedback; if there's none, I'll go ahead
and push.

Cheers,
Alkis

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Title:
  Etherboot floppy boot terminal appears to load image and failed with
  'Issuing RESET:' on 9.10

Status in Linux Terminal Server Project:
  New
Status in “ltsp” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “mkelfimage” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “mknbi” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  When booting older terminals using Etherboot 5.4.x boot floppies, the
  image appears to load with all of the dots streaming across the screen
  and 'done' is displayed at the end.

  Immediately thereafter 'Issuing RESET:' appears on the screen and
  booting stops.

  Running Fresh install of Ubuntu 9.10

  Other terminals such as DisklessWorkstations T1420 and same terminal
  using gPXE0.9.9  boot to login screen just fine.

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