Hello friends of diskless boot, I am trying to boot Windows XP on a other Computer via ISCSI.
To do so I have done the following things: - Install Windows XP in VMware - Install the NIC form the other PC according to http://etherboot.org/wiki/appnotes/port_winnt_sanboot - Install Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator Boot Version + sanbootconf - Image the Windows to my Ubuntu Traget - On the new hardware I use gpxe 0.9.7 to boot from my Traget - Windows seems to boot fine I get the Windows boot Logo, see the Welcome Screen, see the Windows Desktop but a after a few seconds I get a BSOD indicating that Windows can not access the HDD. In the view seconds between I see the Desktop and the BSOD I can for eg. click on the start button and the Startmenue opens normally. Network is not working correctly, I can not ping an other host in this state. If I Disable the Windows PNP Service, I get no BSOD and Windows is running, but I can not use my keyboard because the hardware is not recocnized and I am not able to ping to an other host. I`ve allready testet a static dhcp lease and a static IP setting on the Windows System, without any changes to that problem. I am thinking that after the start the Windows PNP service tries to reinitialize the NIC Driver, it is a "Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC" as the driver says. With ATA over Ethernet I have no problem in booting my XP image with the nic installed according to the http://etherboot.org/wiki/appnotes/port_winnt_sanboot guide. I hope someone has an idea how to solve this problem. regards Marc _______________________________________________ gPXE mailing list [email protected] http://etherboot.org/mailman/listinfo/gpxe
