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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Hello Michael,Christian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">ad ERROR:SANBOOT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">It seems, that the VMWARE ESXi 6.5 does not provide the
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE">EFI_ACPI_TABLE_PROTOCOL and therefor the
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE">command “</span><span lang="EN-US">sanboot --drive=0x80 ${root-path}“ on the “virtual Computer”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The workaround to create no iBFT with the command “sanboot --no-describe --drive=0x80 ${root-path}” would boot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">But for my OS on the iSCSI-Target (Windows 10) it will fail, because in the default Iscsi-target-installation windows needs the iBFT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For example Ubuntu will boot fine, because it takes no notice of the iBFT. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">ad ERROR:SANHOOK<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">yes, you are right, but if you do only the SANHOOK, then you have the same issues like with the “SANBOOT” command<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">I case of Windows installing to the iscsi-target the command<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">“sanhook --no-describe” will create no iBFT and if you boot then a WINPE system, the WINPE system is unable to mount automatically the iscsi-target as local disk for installing windows<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">THANK YOU VERY MUCH,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Now I understand the process totally
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Mit freundlichen Grüßen<br>
DI Martin Lugger</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>
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Schopenhauerstrasse 45/21<br>
A-1180 Wien<br>
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UID:ATU40176509<br>
FG:Handelsgericht Wien</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Tel.: +43 (699) 12166064<br>
Fax: +43 (720) 5050869<br>
e-mail:martin.lugger@tironet.com<br>
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Von:</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE"> Michael Brown [mailto:mbrown@fensystems.co.uk]
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<b>Gesendet:</b> Sonntag, 16. April 2017 20:05<br>
<b>An:</b> ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org; tiroNET::Martin Lugger <martin.lugger@tironet.com>; ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [ipxe-devel] SANBOOT/SANHOOK VMWARE Esxi 6.5 EFI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE">The first error suggests that your UEFI firmware does not provide the EFI_ACPI_TABLE_PROTOCOL and so provides no way
for iPXE to describe the iSCSI target. You can work around this firmware problem by using --no-describe. Note that the booted OS will not be able to automatically locate the iSCSI target, since there will be no iBFT.<br>
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The second error is simply because you have attempted to hook two SAN targets using the same drive number.<br>
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Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE">On 16 April 2017 17:12:29 BST, "tiroNET::Martin Lugger" <</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><a href="mailto:martin.lugger@tironet.com"><span lang="EN-US">martin.lugger@tironet.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE">>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">HI ipxe developers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">it seems, that the support of SANBOOT <b>
EFI</b> on VMWARE ESXi 6.5 on a “<b>x86_x64 VM” and a “i386 VM” </b>is not working<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">ON the Bios based machines in VMWARE and on physical computers it is working well!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I get the error “COULD NOT DESCRIBE SAN DEVICES: Operation not supported (<a href="http://ipxe.org/3c222083">http://ipxe.org/3c222083</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I build the IPXE.EFI binaries via Rom-O-Matic website with the default settings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Here is my IPXE script code snip and a attachment:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US">:WinISCSIBoot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US"> set root-path iscsi:${iscsi-srv}:tcp:3260:0:${iscsi-target} ||<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US"> sanboot --drive=0x80 ${root-path} ||<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US"> goto WinISCSIInst<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US">:WinISCSIInst<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US"> set root-path iscsi:${iscsi-srv}:tcp:3260:0:${iscsi-target} ||<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US"> sanhook --drive=0x80 ${root-path} ||<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US">
</span>goto WimbootWK ||<o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Output in case of SANBOOT:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">REGISTERED SAN DEVICE 0x80<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">COULD NOT DESCRIBE SAN DEVICE:OPERATION NOT SUPPORTED (<a href="http://ipxe.org/3c222083">http://ipxe.org/3c222083</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Output in case of SANHOOK:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">COULD NOT OPEN SAN DEVICE: Error 0x0323209 (<a href="http://ipxe.org/03232094">http://ipxe.org/03232094</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your help<o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Mit freundlichen Grüßen<br>
DI Martin Lugger</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>
tiroNET<br>
Dipl. Ing. Martin Lugger GmbH & Co KG<br>
Schopenhauerstrasse 45/21<br>
A-1180 Wien<br>
FB:137132s<br>
UID:ATU40176509<br>
FG:Handelsgericht Wien<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Tel.: +43 (699) 12166064<br>
Fax: +43 (720) 5050869<br>
e-mail:martin.lugger@tironet.com<br>
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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