Hi,
after following the
http://etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/win2k8_iscsi_install tutorial I am
able to install/boot the Windows 2008R2 into iSCSI target.
(target registered under 0x80, then exit to boot from CD)
But the problem is that the DVD image was mounted as 'Real CD/DVD' in my
VMWare machine. But I want to install it completely (disk/DVD)less.
When I firstly sanhook the iSCSI target (as 0x80 drive), and then
sanboot the image (from http server), i receive the same error:
File: \Boot\BCD
Status: 0xc000000e
Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration
data.
My second attempt was to:
set keep-san 1
sanhook --drive 0x81
iscsi:192.168.65.135::::iqn.2012--06.freenas.local:win2k8disk (works -
registers the drive under 0x81)
sanboot --no-describe http://ip/win2k8.iso
The installer boots fine (but it takes about 2 times more than booting
installer without any targets registered), the iSCSI target is
discovered, but I get the information that:
"Windows cannot be installed to this disk. this computer's hardware may
not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is
enabled in the computer's BIOS menu"
As I found in the archive, Andrew had the same problem:
http://lists.ipxe.org/pipermail/ipxe-devel/2011-March/000480.html
and:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/cea6177e-9cb2-420e-bbc0-0cac487e51e2
it seems to be a problem with INT 13h drives addressing and ARC paths.
Because it's more than year since that post, maybe someone found a
solution for this problem ?
Is there any possibility to manually edit those ARC paths / force
windows to install on that drive?
I've read about installing a hard drive inside the client machine, but I
don't want to do it - I want to stay completely diskless.
looking forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
--
Marek Salwerowicz
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