2009/12/20 Luís Freire <[email protected]>
> Thanks for your reply. > At this moment i already solved the problem. Probably i should mess in some > configuration file...i install all again, i've followed your great > tutorials, and i have sucessfully install windows 7 directly on SAN. I also > can boot the saved image on the machine used to the installation. > Now, i'm stuck on this point. I just can load the image on the machine used > to make the image. When i try to boot on a different machine it seem's the > the connection is lost on startup. I say this because, on windows 7, when > the boot stops, i'm presented with a window showing me some options to do > some recovery. I can see the virtual disk is not present. Probably netcard > driver's. You know how can i insert extra netcard driver's to the windows. I > followed this tutorial, but don't feet on windows 7. > http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/appnotes/port_winnt_sanboot?s[]=porting > Thank you all! > Best Regards > Luís Freire > > 2009/12/19 Shao Miller <[email protected]> > > Luís Freire wrote: >> >>> Hello to all. >>> First place i want to thank you for your amazing job, and share with all >>> the mortals. >>> >> >> ... gPXE is nice. There is a gPXE mailing list at: >> http://etherboot.org/mailman/listinfo/gpxe >> >> >> I'm trying to put this to work, but i have a problem. Seem's to me a >>> session problem. >>> I configured one debian server,with dhcp, dns, ftp, gpxe and iscsi >>> I tryed 2 methods >>> 1. Install on a phisycal disk, after, copy a image to the server. This >>> start's to load the image, but at some point at the boot, hang an then the >>> machine reboot...and enter's on a loop. >>> >> >> How far do you get? Do you see the Linux kernel running before it >> reboots? What's the last message on the screen before the reboot? You are >> booting the SAN with 'sanboot' or a DHCP root-path option, right? If so, >> which boot-loader is installed on the SAN? Have you reviewed the >> following?: >> >> http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/howtos >> http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot >> http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/debian_etch_iscsi >> http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/debian_lenny_iscsi >> >> >> 2. Install directly on sanboot. THe instalation start's ok. The problem >>> happen on the first reboot of the instalation. After the first reboot, the >>> system hangs. >>> >> >> And http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/iscsi_install ? >> >> >> I tryed windows xp, windows vista, windows 7..... all the same thing. >>> >> >> And what about the following?: >> >> http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/winxp >> http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/winvista >> http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/win7 >> >> >> How can i solve, debug, troubleshoot, find information.... >>> >> >> >> Can you connect to your SAN from any OS running on any box? Checking this >> would rule out firewall or routing issues. Does the to-be-SAN-booted OS >> tear down networking or bring up a firewall at any stage? If so, this could >> cause problems. >> >> - Shao Miller >> > >
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