Flashing Your 4526 Soekris Node: Step 3

Step 3: PXE Boot the Node
[You will need root privileges for this step.]

1. Plug the crossover cable into your computer's Ethernet port and the "Data" port on the POE injector. Make sure that the POE injector has power [there should be a green light on top to indicate that it has power]. Now plug the null-modem cable into the serial port on your computer and the serial port on the Soekris board.
2. Now you will need to run the tip program as root in order to update the BIOS of the node.
   
   1. Enter su and the root password when prompted.
   2. Now you will need to access the node console. At the command prompt, enter: # tip cuw0
   3. You will need to reboot your node.
   4. A successful PXEboot looks like this:
      

      Pre-boot eXecution Environment  PXE-2.0 (build 082)
      Copyright (C) 1997-2000  Intel Corporation
       
       
      CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 00 24 C3 A8 40
      CLIENT IP: 192.168.1.9  MASK: 255.255.255.0  DHCP IP: 192.168.1.101
      GATEWAY IP: 192.168.1.101
       
       
      >> NetBSD/i386 PXE Boot, Revision 1.1
      >> (rgmussel@cuw.ojctech.com, Sun Apr 23 07:50:45 CDT 2006)
      >> Memory: 582/64512 k
      Press return to boot now, any other key for boot menu
      Starting in 0
      PXE BIOS Version 2.1
      Using PCI device at bus 0 device 6 function 0
      Ethernet address 00:00:24:c3:a8:40
      net_open: client addr: 192.168.1.9
      net_open: subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
      net_open: net gateway: 192.168.1.101
      net_open: server addr: 192.168.1.101
      net_open: file name: tftp:netbsd.gz
      2159776+33612688-
      

Proceed to Step 4