Hi, Thou this is not technically speaking a ipxe question, but I think this is an appropriate place to get some help with it.
So I am developing a Linux/Windows diskless boot system based on ipxe, zfsonlinux and python. Linux part works like a bliss with multiple distros, different hardware e.t.c. At first I made some progress with windows 7 too, using pure cd-rom setup for single station ( a supposed to be a Microsoft supported scenario) and a ccboot client v2.0 for injecting multiple nic drivers for different hardware. I used the same booting script for both: eg: #!ipxe set keep-san 1 set netX/gateway 0.0.0.0 sanboot iscsi:192.168.0.242:::1:iqn.2014-06.bootup.mtt:testinstall But after some time ( maybe some windows updates as well, hard to tell) the whole windows booting sequence broke and I cannot fix it or reproduce it with fresh install. All windows bootups end with hang windows logo followed by bsod 7e and a reboot. As far as I can tell, this is because windows couldn't find the driver for main hdd storage. ( basically, it is the lan driver + msicsi) After some experiments with never ccboot versions, I tried a different approach based on http://ipxe.org/howto/winpe. So I made a custom 3.0 winpe, booted it with ipxe script: #!ipxe set netX/gateway 0.0.0.0 sanhook iscsi:192.168.0.242:::1:iqn.2014-06.bootup.mtt:testinstall kernel http://192.168.0.242:8080/boot/wimboot initrd http://192.168.0.242:8080/media/bcd BCD initrd http://192.168.0.242:8080/media/boot.sdi boot.sdi initrd http://192.168.0.242:8080/media/boot.wim boot.wim boot My nic was perfectly recognized and configured, windows 7 setup was able to see my iscsi drive and installed windows just like it would on a local hdd. But after reboot- same old story. Bootup hangs, BSoD 7e. Tried launching a local VM from the same media, which was used to provide iscsi target- setup finished succesfull, new desktop welcomed me. At this point I'm out of ideas. What differs installing windows by winpe to iscsi from the same scenario with cdrom? Not to mention there are a number of tutorials on the internet suggesting the second method for client provision. What am I doing wrong here? Thanks in advance.
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