[syslinux] mboot.c32, NUMA and tgz
Hansen, Timbonicus
timbonicus.hansen at hp.com
Tue Jul 21 14:09:02 PDT 2009
After following the steps in the PDF, I'm still running into a problem. The PXE boot works fine and it starts loading the ESXi 4.0 files, but hangs eternal on sys.vgz. Here's what the console shows:
Boot:
Loading /ESXi4.0Boot/vmkboot.gz... ok
Loading /ESXi4.0Boot/vmk.gz... ok
Loading /ESXi4.0Boot/sys.vgz... _ (blinking cursor)
This is with a fresh isolinux.bin and mboot.c32 from 3.82. We are using pxelinux.0 which I haven't replaced, but since it gets past the PXE stage fine I wouldn't think that's the problem. Any advice on troubleshooting steps?
Thanks,
Tim Hansen
timbonicus.hansen at hp.com
-----Original Message-----
From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] On Behalf Of H. Peter Anvin
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 2:58 PM
To: For discussion of Syslinux and tftp-hpa
Subject: Re: [syslinux] mboot.c32, NUMA and tgz
Gene Cumm wrote:
>
> In ESXi 4.0, it is still (unfortunately) experimental. See
> http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsp_4_pxe_boot_esxi.pdf for information.
> This may be a less-known and almost private PDF as searching in
> Google for a link shows only a link from vsphere-land.com.
>
> One can only hope they find a nice solution soon as this would be a
> nice feature. All it should need (down the road; don't know if
> they're doing this) are the boot files and either to know where the
> vCenter server is for configuration or a small config file.
>
A note on this PDF:
The clause:
label ESXi
menu label Boot VMware ESXi
kernel mboot.c32
"append vmkboot.gz --- vmk.gz --- sys.vgz --- cim.vgz --- oem.tgz ---
license.tgz ipappend 2"
Obviously needs to be:
label ESXi
menu label Boot VMware ESXi
kernel mboot.c32
append vmkboot.gz --- vmk.gz --- sys.vgz --- cim.vgz --- oem.tgz ---
license.tgz
ipappend 2
[where license.tgz is at the end of the "append" line... f*cking
Thunderbird editor doesn't let one override a linewrap.]
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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