[gPXE] Machines hangs when exiting from CLI
Miller, Shao
Shao.Miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca
Wed Mar 31 17:08:27 EDT 2010
Good day Jon
In regards to the gPXE CLI during POST:
A gPXE .ROM build target flashed to a NIC's ROM (or otherwise properly
incorporated into a BIOS image) will yield three prompts during computer
startup.
The first prompt is a Control-B prompt from
gpxe/src/arch/i386/prefix/romprefix.S. Since POST has not yet completed
(we're simply an initializing ROM), the environment is not guaranteed
fully setup. Some models have been observed to have a non-existent,
bogus, or incorrect E820 map, for example.
The next is from the same file and prompts to press N to skip booting
from gPXE.
The last is the usual post-POST Control-B prompt from
gpxe/src/hci/shell_banner.c.
You can incorporate a gPXE ROM into QEmu or VirtualBox or VMware, using
the details at http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/romburning and
http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/vmwarebios
- Shao Miller
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