Re: [Etherboot-discuss] Fwd: booting trouble when a hard drive is connected

[Antoine R. <zer...@gm...>]

2009/3/27 Antoine Rodriguez <zer...@gm...>

 Michael Brown a écrit :
>
> On Thursday 26 March 2009 23:50:18 Antoine RODRIGUEZ wrote:
>
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>  That machine is booting through iscsi with netboot of Doubletake/Emboot.
>
> <snip>
>
> - When the hard drive is connected with gpxe on bios with the intel
> interface : DHCP -> PXE -> PXE image -> ISCSI initiator preboot image ->
> iscsi initiator windows image -> nothing, just the HDD led always on.
> - When I do not have hardrive with gpxe on bios with the intel interface :
> DHCP -> PXE -> PXE image -> ISCSI initiator preboot image -> iscsi
> initiator windows image -> Windows
> - When I try with the same motherboard but with realtek lan chip and with
> his own original PXE and with hard drive : DHCP -> PXE -> PXE image ->
> ISCSI initiator preboot image -> iscsi initiator windows image -> Windows -
> When I try the same realtek motherboard but with gpxe on usb and hdd :
> fails like first case.
>
> The thing is that I need to have PXE enable the intel version ..........
> the provider of the motherboard doesn't have the PXE bios ......... intel
> has it but only if there is a rom installed in the motherboard (witch is
> not the case) ......... gpxe is my only hope ......
>
> Can someone help me on that case ?
>
>
>  Have you tried taking Doubletake/emBoot's software out of the equation?  gPXE
> can boot Windows directly via iSCSI itself; there's no need to use (or pay
> for) anything from emBoot.  This would simplify your boot process, and also
> make it possible to debug.
>
> Michael
>
>
>
>  I might be wrong but there is a function that still does not exist and
> that I use : the function to use one same iscsi volume for x clients that
> has forbidden to modify the windows inside the iscsi and storing temporaly
> his deltas on a hard drive.
>
> Plus with original manufacturer PXE it does boot correctly (realtek pxe)
> ............. with gxpe it stuck at starting the windows ........
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sorry .... second post .... I have forgotten the etherboot discuss channel.
>
> Plus it really impact only when using gpxe and a hard drive ........ the
bug is reproduced in all the computers that I have here.

Thanks for your help !

Best regards,