[gPXE] No network devices found when using gpxe and virtualbox

[Yuriy Khokhlov]

Hello!

Many thanks for your reply!

I have updated sanbootconf and change my virtual NIC to Intel e1000, but I
still have a problem.
See my log.  After "iBFT requested" I have no nothing about detected NIC.

nt!DbgBreakPoint:
80527bd0 cc              int     3
kd> g
SAN Boot Configuration Driver initialising
Found ACPI table "iBFT" at 9cb40 OEM ID "FENSYS" OEM table ID "gPXE"
Found iBFT Initiator 0:
  Flags = 0x3, valid, boot selected
  iSNS = 0.0.0.0
  SLP = 0.0.0.0
  Radius = 0.0.0.0, 0.0.0.0
  Name = iqn.2000-09.org.etherboot:UNKNOWN
Found iBFT NIC 0:
  Flags = 0x3, valid, boot selected
  IP = 192.168.21.231/24
  Origin = 0
  Gateway = 192.168.21.138
  DNS = 192.168.21.138, 0.0.0.0
  DHCP = 0.0.0.0
  VLAN = 0000
  MAC = 00:0c:29:09:46:b7
  PCI = 02:00.0
  Hostname =
Found iBFT target 0:
  Flags = 0x3, valid, boot selected
  IP = 192.168.21.1
  Port = 3260
  LUN = 0000-0000-0000-0000
  CHAP type = 0 (None)
  NIC = 0
  Name = iqn.2008-08.com.starwindsoftware:hohlov-pc-winxp
  CHAP name =
  CHAP secret =
  Reverse CHAP name =
  Reverse CHAP secret =
No sBFT found
Attempting SAN boot; will wait for system disk
iBFT requested
Waiting for SAN system disk (attempt 1)
  System disk is <unknown>, boot disk is <unknown>
  Disk unavailable (c0000034):
"\??\SCSI#Disk&Ven_VMware_&Prod_VMware_Virtual_S&Rev_1.0#4&5fcaafc&0&000#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}"
Waiting for SAN system disk (attempt 2)
  System disk is <unknown>, boot disk is <unknown>
  Disk unavailable (c0000034):
"\??\SCSI#Disk&Ven_VMware_&Prod_VMware_Virtual_S&Rev_1.0#4&5fcaafc&0&000#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}"
Waiting for SAN system disk (attempt 3)
[... and so on...]
--
Best regards,
Yuriy Khokhlov.


2010/6/29 Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha at gmail.com>

> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:13 AM, Sean Shoufu Luo <luoshoufu at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I have met similar problem in Bochs 4.2 some day before. And resolved
> with
> > Stefan's help. Maybe not the same problem as you, just paste the link for
> > you reference:
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/gpxe@etherboot.org/msg00179.html
>
> VirtualBox has a BIOS based on Bochs BIOS, so this could be the issue.
>
> On a related note, Andrei Faur has rewritten the pcnet32 driver for
> gPXE 1.0.1.  The new driver performs better and I'd recommend running
> gPXE 1.0.1-rc1 under VirtualBox for now.  gPXE 1.0.1 is close to being
> released and contains the new driver.
>
> Stefan
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