[gPXE] Unable to get past iSCSI drive message for SAN Installation...

[Andrew Bobulsky]

Hello again Matt,

 

I'm glad you were able to get past the one hurdle, though it's unfortunate
you got stopped by another :-/

 

I seem to recall that there's something about a failed boot-type command
that halts script execution and fails back out to the BIOS boot order.
There is a patch for this though, and I've used it, it does work well!  .but
I can't remember for the life of me how to apply patches from git.  One of
those things that I re-figure out every time I use it.  I've got a compiled
binary of it somewhere. it'd take some searching though.

 

The relevant patch is here:
http://git.etherboot.org/?p=people/sha0/gpxe.git;a=commitdiff;h=79bcbbe5

 

And the thread that it was introduced in is here:
http://etherboot.org/pipermail/gpxe-devel/2010-March/000078.html

 

That patch will, of course, allow you to do what you're attempting to
accomplish.

 

Cheers,

Andrew Bobulsky

 

[CC'ed to the mailing list and to Shao, because it's his patch ;)]

 

 

 

From: Matthew Helton [mailto:mwhelton at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 12:52 PM
To: Andrew Bobulsky
Subject: Re: [gPXE] Unable to get past iSCSI drive message for SAN
Installation...

 

Andrew,

               I did precisely those steps last night which you have
described in detail above... and received a different error:
  

Non-System disk or disk error
replace and strike any key when ready
_

It will not continue on to the chain tftp:// command after the sanboot
command - not good.

Curiously, it will not attempt to boot from a USB Stick connected to it
(even though it is next in the boot order), but will boot from the DVD-ROM
(which is te device after that). Problem solved - sort of. The not being
able to use the USB stick is a disappointment, and I suspect it is related
to the BIOS of the particular system in question. The system will boot from
the USB stick normally if I don't use gPXE. Oh well. 

Ao it appears I do have a working solution... that is the important thing. I
don't have the solution I was [i]looking[/i] for, but overall, it does meet
the criteria.  


Best,

Matt



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