[gPXE] Boot hang's and infinite reset

[Luís Freire]

2009/12/20 Luís Freire <lcsfreire at gmail.com>

> Thanks for your reply.
> At this moment i already solved the problem. Probably i should mess in some
> configuration file...i install all again, i've followed your great
> tutorials, and i have sucessfully install 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 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
> Thank you all!
> Best Regards
> Luís Freire
>
> 2009/12/19 Shao Miller <Shao.Miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca>
>
>  Luís Freire wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> 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?:
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> And http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/iscsi_install ?
>>
>>
>>  I tryed windows xp, windows vista, windows 7..... all the same thing.
>>>
>>
>> And what about the following?:
>>
>> http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/winxp
>> http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/winvista
>> http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/win7
>>
>>
>> How can i solve, debug, troubleshoot, find information....
>>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://etherboot.org/pipermail/gpxe/attachments/20091220/609d66b2/attachment.html