[ipxe-devel] Windows 8 ISCSI Boot

[Marc Hammer]

Am 30.05.2013 16:08, schrieb shouldbe q931:
> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Marc Hammer <marchammer at arcor.de> 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).

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