On May 30, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Marc Hammer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am 30.05.2013 16:08, schrieb shouldbe q931: >> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Marc Hammer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I try to boot Windows 8 (x86) over ISCSI on a system with a Realtek RTL >>> 8111C onboard nic. >>> The first setup step with loading the boot.wim with wimboot works fine. >>> The Realtek nic is installed in the PE and the Windows setup write the os >>> image to the iscsi target. >>> After the first reboot, the Windows boot hangs and displays the >>> "INACCESABLE_BOOT_DEVICE" error after some time. >>> >>> Is there anything I can try to debug or resolve the >>> "INACCESABLE_BOOT_DEVICE" boot error? >>> >>> Other combinations I successfully tested: >>> - Use a "Intel Pro/1000 PT QP" Nic instead of the onboard Realtek for the >>> Windows 8 boot. >>> - Use Windows 7 with the onboard Realtek nic. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Marc Hammer >> >> it would be useful to see your .ipxe configuration for doing the boot from >> iSCSI >> >> is the client connecting to the iSCSI LUN ? > > iPXE configuration: > > #!ipxe > set net0/gateway 192.168.178.5 > sanboot iscsi:192.168.178.5:::0:BootServer:0024XXXXXXXX > > I set the gateway to the iscsi target because the client and the server are > on the same subnet and the iSCSI Boot Initiator creates a static route to the > gateway (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960104). Hello Marc, You might be on to something here... Try clearing the value of net0/gateway instead. That's what I do as my workaround for that goofy static route stuff, then access the net with a second NIC. -Andrew > iPXE is connecting to the iSCSI LUN but I can not see any session from > Windows itself > # cat /proc/net/iet/session > tid:1 name:BootServer:0024XXXXXXXX > sid:535643141111872 > initiator:iqn.2010-04.org.ipxe:00000000-0000-0000-0000-00241d53ff5a > cid:0 ip:192.168.178.136 state:active hd:none dd:none > > I only see the Windows 8 boot logo and after some time a > "INACCESABLE_BOOT_DEVICE" error screen. > > Regards, > > Marc Hammer > > > _______________________________________________ > ipxe-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel _______________________________________________ ipxe-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel
