[gPXE] vbox + gpxe + FreeBSD pxeboot = fail

[Lawrence Stewart]

On 07/10/10 15:49, Lawrence Stewart wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I've been trying to figure out why the combination in the subject is
> broken. Please see the following FreeBSD mailing list post for my
> current understanding of the problem and workaround in the FreeBSD
> pxeboot code.
> 
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-emulation/2010-July/007877.html
> 
> In short, gpxe is getting confused about what it thinks the IP address
> of the pxeboot host is and waits for UDP replies on an IP address that
> isn't assigned to it. The pxenv_udp_read() function then returns
> PXENV_EXIT_FAILURE even though the packets arrive to the correct IP
> address obtained via DHCP.
> 
> Any help tracking down what might be the cause of this would be greatly
> appreciated.

Just posted some more useful information here:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-emulation/2010-July/007878.html

Cheers,
Lawrence