[gPXE] Only register bios drive without booting

[rulerof at gmail.com]

Shao, Andrey,

Will that work? I was about to suggest he remove the MBR from the drive. I  
thought that the MBR code that loads Windows Boot Manager stops the boot  
process entirely when the boot manager isn't found.

Well, Andrey, if what Shao says will work, then do that. If not, connect to  
your iSCSI target using a working system and remove the MBR from it and  
you'll get your desired result. The "startup repair" section of your  
Windows CD should fix the issue.

-Andrew Bobulsky



On Mar 23, 2010 10:40am, "Miller, Shao" <Shao.Miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca> wrote:
> Good day Andrey,



> In regards to your request to use gPXE to register a drive but not boot

> from it, the "Install direct to SAN" link from the "HowTo Guides" lands

> you here[1]. That might help for understanding the "keep-san" setting

> and how it can be used to maintain the iSCSI connection after control

> returns back to gPXE from an unbootable MBR.



> If you have a valid MBR on the SAN and no active partitions, return

> should control back to gPXE.



> - Shao Miller

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