[ipxe-devel] [Etherboot-discuss] Need help with San boot - Windows XP boot stuck at Logo

[Michael Brown]

On Thursday 03 Feb 2011 08:27:50 Mahboob AliKhan wrote:
> I was trying to do a san boot (gpxe) using a windows XP and I am facing
>  some issues with it.
> 
> I have installed Microsoft iscsi boot initiator and san boot as mentioned
>  on website (http://etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/winnt_iscsi) and followed
>  the steps mentioned, installing win XP on 4 gb partition and trying to
>  boot it from a Linux machine. The problem I am facing is the boot goes
>  fine till I see the windows logo and then it just sits there and it goes
>  in some kind of weird loop there.
> 
> So, in order to debug, I installed windbg and I noticed some
>  irregularities: "No sBFT found".
> 
> I am trying to san boot on a Windows Desktop (Dell model).
> 
> I am attaching the debugging transcript  I got from windbg, Can someone
>  please let me know what's wrong?

Are you using the latest version of sanbootconf from the official source 
(https://git.ipxe.org/release/sanbootconf/sanbootconf-latest.zip)?  Please 
note that the repository on etherboot.org is an unofficial repository and is 
well out of date.

From your debug transcript, it looks as though your (Intel(?)) NIC is not 
being found at boot time.  What NIC are you using?

Michael