[gPXE] hang after "gPXE (PCI 08:00.0) Starting execution".

[Joshua Oreman]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Jerome Ibanes <jibanes at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using an Intel PRO/1000 XT card with a gPXE 1.0.0 payload (boot rom).
> I'm using AoE to provide my client with a block device to boot from, which
> is exported by the dhcp+AoE server running Linux.
>
> Upon boot, when I press CTRL+B, and then type "autoboot", almost
> instantly the client boots from the AoE exported boot device, in other
> words, everything works fine.
>
> When I do not interrupt the boot process by pressing "CTRL+B", the PC
> bios finishes its initialization and then displays:
>
>  "gPXE (PCI 08:00.0) Starting execution"
>
> and then hangs, nothing else is displayed.
>
> What could be the issue?

How large is your ROM image? What is your BIOS type?

This sounds very similar to an issue on AMI BIOSes that causes an area
beyond 64kB in the ROM to be overwritten after POST.

Thanks,

-- Josh

>
>
> Thank you,
> J.
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