[gPXE] [Etherboot-discuss] Etherboot nbi.img using gPXE

[Shao Miller]

Chapman, Mark wrote:
>
> Now what I have done is to purchase the Intel Atom motherboard that 
> has BIOS gPXE support (RTL8111D NIC) and it boots up showing the 
> following:
>
> ...tftpboot/nbi.img ...... ok
> Mknbi-1.4.4/first32.c (ELF) (GPL)
> Bad argument
>
> ...then stops.  I am currently looking for a way around this so it 
> continues to boot.
>
Good day Mark,

Could we please move any further discussion to the gpxe at etherboot.org mailing list?  If you haven't done so already, you can subscribe at http://etherboot.org/mailman/listinfo/gpxe

Your message corresponds to the quit() calls at either http://git.etherboot.org/?p=mknbi.git;a=blob;f=first32.c;h=be4c3df3cc654cd3819d59f970fa49bcf558289a;hb=5688d17613e41a1e1b6a0fdd30d16ef07ca79805#l739 or http://git.etherboot.org/?p=mknbi.git;a=blob;f=first32.c;h=be4c3df3cc654cd3819d59f970fa49bcf558289a;hb=5688d17613e41a1e1b6a0fdd30d16ef07ca79805#l511

Looking at the tests that happen just before the quit() calls might shed some insight.  I see signature checks for the payload, for one thing.  So...

What exactly have you tried to wrap with MkNBI?  Does this nbi.img currently boot in any scenario anywhere that you are aware of?

- Shao Miller

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