To me, you are doing it backwards... Boot from iPXE from USB: configure network and mount (Blank) iSCSI Target disk (sanhook) with "keep san 1' and then exit iPXE to boot from the RHEL CD-ROM.
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Gruher, Joseph R <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello-**** > > ** ** > > I am trying to boot RHEL6.4 over iSCSI using iPXE to start the boot > process. I’ve done this before on boards which had BIOS iSCSI boot support > and it works fine so I know RHEL6.4 supports iSCSI boot. However, I can’t > quite seem to get it to work with iPXE. **** > > ** ** > > My process is:**** > > **1. **Boot RHEL installer from ISO**** > > **2. **Mount iSCSI target using iSCSI support in installer GUI**** > > **3. **Install RHEL as usual, no special settings**** > > **4. **Reboot and boot from iPXE on USB key**** > > **5. **Use iPXE script to configure network interface and sanboot > from iSCSI target**** > > ** ** > > It almost works… iPXE is able to configure the network and connect the > target and begin the boot process. I can actually see RHEL loading for a > while so I know boot has begun. However, before boot completes, it crashes > as shown in the attached screenshot. My theory is this is happening when > the iSCSI connection is handed off from iPXE to the native iSCSI initiator > in RHEL, but that is just a guess, I don’t really have any evidence for > that being the case. **** > > ** ** > > Is this a known problem? Any known tips or tricks or workarounds I might > try?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks!**** > > ** ** > > -Joe**** > > ** ** > > **** > > _______________________________________________ > ipxe-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel > > -- There is never time enough to do it right, but there always seems to be enough time to do it again.
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