[gPXE] gpxe on USB or HD
Yadin Flammer
yxf4 at psu.edu
Thu Jun 13 16:22:54 EDT 2013
Thanks for the response. I have tried ipxe and it also does not work.
Trying to dd it to a drive under ubuntu 12 LTS results in a blank
drive. Copying the files from the ISO to the USB results in booting to
a black screen with GRUB and a flashing cursor and nothing else. I
tried posting to the ipxe forums but they appear to not be working as no
post happens and no error is given as to why.
Any advice on getting a USB drive to work with ipxe, as well as getting
the forums to work so I can reach a wider audience, are appreciated.
Cheers,
Yadin
On 6/13/2013 1:01 PM, Michael Brown wrote:
> On Thursday 13 Jun 2013 17:14:49 Yadin Flammer wrote:
>> I've been trying to get gpxe to boot from a USB drive, and even an
>> internal hard drive, but no luck. Using the ISO for a CD works
>> perfectly, but a USB key would be much more convenient. The .usb and
>> .dsk files that download appear to be corrupt every time as no
>> application can open them (winimage says they are corrupt), or the
>> contents when dd to a disk under linux are corrupt. Copying the
>> contents of the .iso to a USB drive or internal HD does not result in a
>> bootable system regardless of the format or setup of the drive.
>>
>> Has anyone managed to make a bootable USB key or internal drive with the
>> gpxe environment and if so precisely how?
> gPXE has not been maintained for several years. Please upgrade to iPXE, which
> is the replacement for gPXE.
>
> You won't be able to open the .usb image, since it doesn't contain a
> filesystem. It's a raw disk image; you need to transfer it to the USB key
> using dd (or equivalent). Be aware that this will erase all existing content
> of the USB key.
>
> Michael
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