[gPXE] gPXE debugging

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:49 AM, Gerry Reno <greno at verizon.net> wrote:
> I am just starting to use gPXE and I would like to know how you get some
> debugging output?  I cloned the git tree and ran make and then burned
> the gpxe.iso to a cd and tried booting it from my laptop but I do not
> see any output at all.  It justs sits there for a while and then finally
> my regular linux boot menu shows up.  How can I get gPXE to show me what
> is happening?

Normally you see something like this:

gPXE initialising devices...

gPXE 1.0.0+ -- Open Source Boot Firmware -- http://etherboot.org
Features: AoE HTTP iSCSI DNS TFTP bzImage COMBOOT ELF Multiboot PXE PXEXT

Does the light on your network port blink during the time when you
suspect gPXE is running?

Stefan