[ipxe-devel] have you tested grub-efi 2 on ipxe boot

[Yixuan Huang]

Thanks All.
Actually, we want to implement a similar solution like xCAT did for elilo.
So we ask for if it is possible to load grub.efi from ipxe, then load
kernel/initrd.

Thanks,
yixuan


On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 3:11 AM, James A. Peltier <jpeltier at sfu.ca> wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | | On 28/10/13 03:12, Yixuan Huang wrote:
> | | > Recently, I tried to use grub.efi to net-boot my system from
> | | > ftp/http
> | | > servers. I have put my kernel/initrd files in remote server, and
> | | > previously, I used elilo.efi to boot.
> | |
> | | You should be able to use iPXE to directly load a kernel+initrd on
> | | an
> | | EFI system.  You will need to add e.g. "initrd=initrd.img" to your
> | | kernel command line.
> | |
> | | Michael
> |
> | In this way?
> |
> | #!ipxe
> | initrd
> |
> http://mirror.its.sfu.ca/mirror/CentOS/6/os/${arch}/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
> | || goto failed
> | kernel
> |
> http://mirror.its.sfu.ca/mirror/CentOS/6/os/${arch}/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
> | initrd=initrd.img \
> | method=http://mirror.its.sfu.ca/mirror/CentOS/6/os/${arch}/ ip=dhcp
> | ksdevice=bootif dhcptimeout=240 ||
>
> If this is indeed the correct syntax, then no it does not work.  I end up
> with an Exec Format Error when doing this on a machine that is EFI mode.
>  These appear to be the same files being loaded by the BOOTX64.EFI
> configuration file
>
> http://mirror.its.sfu.ca/mirror/CentOS/6/os/x86_64/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.conf
>
> This is when using snponly.efi.  Perhaps I need to use something else.
>  It's a Dell PowerEdge R410
>
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