[gPXE] pxe boot macbook: "exec format error (0x2e008001)"

[Adrian Zaugg]

Hi again

Sorry, I completely forgot, that I do serve different files for efi and
bios clients. I have the following in my dhcpd.conf:

option arch code 93 = unsigned integer 16;
option space pxelinux;
option pxelinux.magic      code 208 = string;
option pxelinux.configfile code 209 = text;
option pxelinux.pathprefix code 210 = text;
option pxelinux.reboottime code 211 = unsigned integer 32;
#filename "pxelinux.0";
# see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=720589
class "pxeclients" {
        match if substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9) =
"PXEClient";

        # the gateway is DHCPD + TFTPD
        next-server 192.168.10.12;
        site-option-space "pxelinux";
        if exists dhcp-parameter-request-list {
                # Always send the PXELINUX options (specified in
hexadecimal)
                option dhcp-parameter-request-list = concat(option
dhcp-parameter-request-list,d0,d1,d2,d3);
        }
        if option arch = 00:06 {
            filename "pxelinux/bootia32.efi";
            option pxelinux.configfile "pxelinux.cfg/efi32";
        } else if option arch = 00:07 {
            filename "pxelinux/bootx64.efi";
            option pxelinux.configfile "pxelinux.cfg/efi64";
        } else {
            filename "pxelinux/pxelinux.0";
            option pxelinux.configfile "pxelinux.cfg/bios";
        }
}

And on the TFTP Server it looks like:
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root   4096 Nov  6 00:49 .
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root   4096 Nov 28 15:54 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Nov  5 22:58 bios
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 155560 Nov  6 00:16 bootia32.efi
-r--r--r--  1 root root 162744 Nov  6 00:16 bootx64.efi
drwxrwxr-x  3 root root   4096 Feb 11  2013 debian-installer
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Nov  5 22:59 efi32
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Nov  5 22:59 efi64
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 106837 Nov  5 22:40 gpxelinux.0
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root   4096 Feb 21  2013 grml
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 115540 Oct 15 09:01 ldlinux.c32
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 117396 Oct 15 09:02 ldlinux.e32
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 134872 Oct 15 09:02 ldlinux.e64
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  75356 Nov  5 22:40 lpxelinux.0
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  25628 Nov  5 23:00 memdisk
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root   4096 Mar  1  2013 mint
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Feb 21  2013 pmagic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  42744 Nov  5 22:40 pxelinux.0
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Nov  5 22:31 pxelinux.cfg
drwxrwxrwx  4 root root   4096 Apr 12  2011 trinity


Regards, Adrian.


Am 30.11.13 12:09 schrieb Adrian Zaugg:
> Dear Shao
> 
> Thank you for your answer. Do I understand it right, that this means,
> one has to set up different boot menues on the PXE server for BIOS and
> for UEFI clients and thus distinguish between those two systems server side?
> 
> Unfortunately I do not know with what clients the people in my network
> do use the PXE service, as odd as this sounds.
> 
> Best regards and thank you again, Adrian.
> 
> 
> Am 29.11.13 03:36 schrieb Shao Miller:
>> You're trying to boot PXELINUX (pxelinux.0), which expects BIOS, in a (U)EFI
>> environment?  I'm not sure that could ever work; the gPXE build you have
>> might be stating that PXE Network Bootstrap Programs are not applicable in a
>> (U)EFI environment.  - Shao
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gpxe-bounces at etherboot.org [mailto:gpxe-bounces at etherboot.org] On
>> Behalf Of Adrian Zaugg
>> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 19:32
>> To: gpxe at etherboot.org
>> Subject: [gPXE] pxe boot macbook: "exec format error (0x2e008001)"
>>
>> Dear List
>>
>> After some compiling adventures I managed to compile a gPXE-efi module
>> containing the right driver for my nic to place on my efi system
>> partition on my macbook pro. I can load gPXE using rEFInd, it connects,
>> gets an IP and then aborts with:
>>
>> Could not boot from filename "pxelinux.0": Exec format error (0x2e008001)
>>
>> Using a PC capable to PXE boot, I get my PXE server's menu. Could anyone
>> please enlight me, what is going wrong?
>>
>> Thank you very much!
>>
>> Regards, Adrian.
>>
>>
>>
>> More information:
>> - macbook pro 5,5; nvidia mcp79 nic using forcedeth; EFI64 system
>> - I compiled on a 64-bit Linux from latest git
>> - compiling failed on pristine source, I had to edit config/general.h
>>   and delete the line "#define PXE_CMD" as suggesed here:
>>   http://support.etherboot.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=107
>> - cmd line used: make bin-x86_64-efi/forcedeth.efi
>>
>> Like this I got forcedeth.efi, which I could place in my esp and start
>> it from rEFInd.
>>
>> BTW: I was not able to cross compile on a mac, the information in the
>> wiki under http://etherboot.org/wiki/macbuild?s[]=efi is partially
>> outdated and is missing a lot of information to do so successfully. I
>> could overcome some problems but not all of them.
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