[gPXE] Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 SAN Installation Note

[Shao Miller]

I am forwarding this message which was e-mailed to the Etherboot 
discussion mailing-list to the gPXE general discussion mailing list, 
since it applies to its subscribers.

Experience from "jolt" in regards to Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 SAN 
installation:

jolteroli wrote:
>
> Good evening overthere.
>
> If you install Windows 7/Server 2008 direct to a SAN target and the BIOS
> fails to fall back to CDROM, it might be the controller that acts in AHCI
> mode. Switching it to IDE let me install Windows 7 on much HP boxes, which
> didn't in AHCI mode before.
>
> The bad news: Switching back to AHCI mode after Windows made its way into
> the SAN, Windows won't boot anymore. Seems the NIC's pci bus location
> changed, similar to the VMware issue...
>
> May be this help some1
>
> -jolt
>

Thanks, "jolt."

- Shao Miller