[gPXE] Boot hang's and infinite reset

[Shao Miller]

Luís Freire wrote:


>     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.
>

Right.  The long and the short of it is:
1. You need to fully boot before you can install a network adapter.
2. You need to install a network adapter before you can fully boot.

So booting an image across different hardware platforms or 
configurations is not really going to work unless you install the 
network adapters for all of them into the SAN image.

>     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>
>

Right.  I'm not familiar with Windows 7.  I would guess that this 
procedure could be adapted, though.  Another option would be to move the 
HDD into every different type of computer and install the network 
adapters.  Another option might be to use the CriticalDeviceDatabase 
registry area, but I've never tried that.  The big idea behind the 
article you referenced is to spoof Windows into thinking that there is a 
detached network adapter whose parameters resemble another computer's, 
then to install its driver.  When you boot this image on the other 
computer, the adapter is actually there, and you have already installed 
its driver.

Maybe some other folks have some advice for this.

- Shao Miller
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