[ipxe-devel] iPXE on arm64 has broken endpoints across many distros

[Geert Stappers]

On 01-05-2019 00:43, Travis Lazar wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
Hello Mailinglist (archive) readers,


> I'm bringing up a set of iPXE scripts on an Ampere Computing eMAG
> (aarch64) system. I chain load the boot.netboot.xyz
> <http://boot.netboot.xyz> menu, which loads fine, OS distros are
> present as expected, but none will execute an install.
>
> The root cause is the URL configurations. The linux install URLs are
> almost always wrong for aarch64 builds of these distributions. It's
> easy to see in Ubuntu's case where the standard base URL as set in
> boot.cfg (line 66) is set to archive.ubuntu.com
> <http://archive.ubuntu.com>, however, all of the aarch64 builds exist
> and are hosted on ports.ubuntu.com <http://ports.ubuntu.com>. When
> loading and executing a boot through the menu a file-not-found error
> is given. I can replicate this across CentOS, Fedora, and Ubuntu (all
> major versions of each). I haven't checked other distros, but I assume
> the problem is consistent. 
>
> What's the best way to move forward? I'm happy to help in whatever way
> I can, but I'm a complete PXE/iPXE noob and would need some guidance
> on making the correct code changes in the correct ways for a pull
> request. Otherwise, I'm happy to assist another developer in hunting
> down the correct URL configurations for each of these distros. Please
> advise.

While waiting for proper help, document how to reproduce what you
already have.

Start with explaining what an Ampere Computing eMAG (aarch64) system is.


Groeten Geert


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