[gPXE] Boot hang's and infinite reset

[Shao Miller]

The gPXE mailing-list, Luís.  I mentioned it in my earlier e-mail.  The 
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I have carbon-copied the list and included your message.  If you don't 
use the list, you won't have the opportunity to benefit from the 
experiences of the seasoned gPXE users out there in the world. :)

- Shao Miller

Luís Freire wrote:
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> 2009/12/20 Luís Freire <lcsfreire at gmail.com <mailto:lcsfreire at gmail.com>>
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>     Thanks for your reply.
>     At this moment i already solved the problem. Probably i should
>     messed up in some configuration file...i installed all again, i've
>     followed your great tutorials, and i have sucessfully installed
>     windows 7 directly on SAN. I also can boot the saved image on the
>     machine used to the installation.
>     Now, i'm stuck on this point. I just can load the image on the
>     machine used to make the image. When i try to boot on a different
>     machine it seem's the the network connection is lost on startup. I
>     say this because, on windows 7, when the boot stops, i'm presented
>     with a window showing me some options to do some recovery. I can
>     see the virtual disk is not present. Probably netcard driver's.
>     You know how can i insert extra netcard driver's to the windows. I
>     followed this tutorial, but don't feet on windows 7.
>     http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/appnotes/port_winnt_sanboot?s[]=porting
>     <http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/appnotes/port_winnt_sanboot?s%5B%5D=porting>
>     Thank you all!
>     Best Regards
>     Luís Freire
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>     2009/12/19 Shao Miller <Shao.Miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca
>     <mailto:Shao.Miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca>>
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>         Luís Freire wrote:
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>             Hello to all.
>             First place i want to thank you for your amazing job, and
>             share with all the mortals.
>
>
>         ...  gPXE is nice.  There is a gPXE mailing list at:
>         http://etherboot.org/mailman/listinfo/gpxe
>
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>             I'm trying to put this to work, but i have a problem.
>             Seem's to me a session problem.
>             I configured one debian server,with dhcp, dns, ftp, gpxe
>             and iscsi
>             I tryed 2 methods
>             1. Install on a phisycal disk, after, copy a image to the
>             server. This start's to load the image, but at some point
>             at the boot, hang an then the machine reboot...and enter's
>             on a loop.
>
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>         How far do you get?  Do you see the Linux kernel running
>         before it reboots?  What's the last message on the screen
>         before the reboot?  You are booting the SAN with 'sanboot' or
>         a DHCP root-path option, right?  If so, which boot-loader is
>         installed on the SAN?  Have you reviewed the following?:
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>         http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/howtos
>         http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot
>         http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/debian_etch_iscsi
>         http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/debian_lenny_iscsi
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>             2. Install directly on sanboot. THe instalation start's
>             ok. The problem happen on the first reboot of the
>             instalation. After the first reboot, the system hangs.
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>         And http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/iscsi_install ?
>
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>              I tryed windows xp, windows vista, windows 7..... all the
>             same thing.
>
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>         And what about the following?:
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>         http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/winxp
>         http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/winvista
>         http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/win7
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>
>             How can i solve, debug, troubleshoot, find information....
>
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>         Can you connect to your SAN from any OS running on any box?
>          Checking this would rule out firewall or routing issues.
>          Does the to-be-SAN-booted OS tear down networking or bring up
>         a firewall at any stage?  If so, this could cause problems.
>
>         - Shao Miller
>
>
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