[ipxe-devel] Weird issue booting to x64 WinPE 3.0 or 4.0 after mounting iSCSI disc

[Steve Cross]

This was a fresh iSCSI disc that was setup specifically for this client. I
have tried removing it and re-adding it multiple times. I have tried
booting with a blank iSCSI disk, I have tried mounting it to a running
windows system and initializing the disk, I have tried duplicating an
existing disk (totally different hardware in the client machine) and using
that disk to install to, and nothing has helped.

*Steve Cross*
hairlesshobo at stevecross.org


On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 2:43 PM, shouldbe q931 <shouldbeq931 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Steve Cross <hairlesshobo at stevecross.org>
> wrote:
> > OK so I am having a very strange issue, and it's only occurring on one
> > system of mine.
> >
> > Background on environment:
> >
> > 2 separate WinPE installations, both 3.0. One is for 32 bit only and one
> is
> > for 64 bit only.
> > 2 separate Windows 7 install CDs on a network share, one for 32 bit only
> and
> > one for 64 bit only.
> > In my iPXE list, I have a category for installers, and that list there
> are
> > the following options:
> >
> > Install Windows 7 x86 to Local HDD
> > Install Windows 7 x64 to Local HDD
> > Install Windows 7 x86 to iSCSI
> > Install Windows 7 x86 to iSCSI
> >
> >
> > The ONLY difference between the top two options and the bottom two, is
> that
> > the bottom two sanhooks the iSCSI drive prior to wimbooting. I have used
> > this exact setup on countless machines with no problem... except this one
> > particular one.
> >
> > If I try to use the Install Win7x64 to iSCSI, then the WinPE Freezes
> almost
> > immediately and will not boot.
>
> At a guess, I'd check that the iSCSI volume is not "bad", how about
> cloning an existing iSCSI LUN and seeing if it will boot from it...
>
> Cheers
>
> Arne
>
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