[syslinux] hello and aoe booting

[Jean Spirat]

hi to the list,

  Hello everyone, I am new in the world of pxe booting and i try to use 
AOE to boot my linux debian lenny machines.


I install the linux like this:


 parted -s /dev/etherd/e10.1 mklabel gpt
 parted -s /dev/etherd/e10.1 mklabel gpt
 parted -s /dev/etherd/e10.1 mkpart primary ext3 17408B 314590207B
 parted -s /dev/etherd/e10.1 mkpart primary ext3 314590208B 3535815679B
 parted -s /dev/etherd/e10.1 mkpart primary ext3 3535815680B 4609557503B
 parted -s /dev/etherd/e10.1 mkpart primary ext3 4609557504B 6757041151B
 parted -s /dev/etherd/e10.1 mkpart primary ext3 6757041152B 7830782975B
 parted -s /dev/etherd/e10.1 mkpart primary ext3 7830782976B 50000280575B
 parted -s /dev/etherd/e10.1 set 1 boot on
 mkfs.ext3 -L BOOT              /dev/etherd/e10.1p1
 mkfs.ext3 -L ROOT              /dev/etherd/e10.1p2
 mkfs.ext3 -L TMP                /dev/etherd/e10.1p3
 mkfs.ext3 -L VAR                /dev/etherd/e10.1p4
 mkfs.ext3 -L VARTMP          /dev/etherd/e10.1p5


i install a system on the partition i created (using FAI/debootstrap). 
Then i try to boot, i use sanboot.c32 (as it seems the thing to use):

- in  dhcpd.conf:

   filename     "gpxelinux.0";


- in the /pxelinux.cfg/default

        kernel http://10.1.0.251/kernel/sanboot.c32
        append aoe:e10.1

(i also tried e10.1px), but it fails with this error:

AoE booting from aoe:e10.1
Could not initialise AoE device: Connection timed out (0x4c006035)
C uld not boot from aoe:e10.1: Connection timed out (0x4c006035)
SAN boot failed.
 


i have 4 ethernet card on this machine 1 front, 1 back and 2 AOE


Is there any way to debug and see what sanboot is doing  to have a 
better idea of what is failing ?

regards,
Jean.