[ipxe-devel] Windows 8 ISCSI Boot

[Andrew Bobulsky]

On May 30, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Marc Hammer <marchammer at arcor.de> wrote:

> 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).

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
>
>
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