Context: I'm not using FAI right now, but I am doing a fair amount of PXE install-related stuff.
Could you chainload iPXE via grub? If you do, I suggest you use the newest version you can-- I've had trouble with the version supplied with Ubuntu 20.04, for instance. Russell On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 at 04:53, andrej via linux-fai <linux-fai@uni-koeln.de> wrote: > Diese Nachricht wurde eingewickelt um DMARC-kompatibel zu sein. Die > eigentliche Nachricht steht dadurch in einem Anhang. > > This message was wrapped to be DMARC compliant. The actual message > text is therefore in an attachment. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: andrej <tinks...@proton.me> > To: fully automatic installation for Linux <linux-fai@uni-koeln.de> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 03:53:19 +0000 > Subject: Re: PXE-booting UEFI machines > Heh. Thanks, but that's not really an option, we have machine where we > need to install on GPT which BIOS mode doesn't like. ;) > > Sent with Proton Mail <https://proton.me/> secure email. > > On Friday, July 26th, 2024 at 3:40 PM, Matthew Pounsett < > m...@conundrum.com> wrote: > > I have never been able to get any of our Dell machines to PXE boot in UEFI > mode. I switch the boot to BIOS mode and they’re fine. > > This may not be the optimal solution. :) > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 18:43 andrej via linux-fai <linux-fai@uni-koeln.de> > wrote: > >> Diese Nachricht wurde eingewickelt um DMARC-kompatibel zu sein. Die >> eigentliche Nachricht steht dadurch in einem Anhang. >> >> This message was wrapped to be DMARC compliant. The actual message >> text is therefore in an attachment. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: andrej <tinks...@proton.me> >> To: fully automatic installation for Linux <linux-fai@uni-koeln.de> >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 01:43:04 +0000 >> Subject: PXE-booting UEFI machines >> Hi, >> >> I'm seeing some strange behaviour for a bunch of recent supermicro >> mini-servers that I'm trying to build using FAI. As opposed to the VMs I've >> been building initially (testing, much faster turn-around) which use BIOS >> mode and typically (I had to try a second boot on a few occasions) "just >> work"™ I'm seeing odd behaviour with the UEFI supermicros. They will only >> start PXE booting after at least 3 restarts, some take up to 15 (!!) and I >> was wondering whether anyone has seen similar behaviour, or, better yet, a >> solution :) >> >> >> Cheers, >> Tink >> >> >> Sent with Proton Mail secure email. >> > >