FAI installation on new PCs with UEFI BIOS

[Wolfgang Walkowiak]

Hi,

I am just experiencing the following problem with new PCs (having an 
ASUS UEFI BIOS version 2.10.1208 and our cluster's FAI installation.

After activating the PXE-boot in the UEFI BIOS the FAI installation runs 
fine.  However after a reboot, when the pxelinux menu points to the "boot 
from local harddisk" entry, the system hangs when the PXE ROM exits:
"PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM"

When I reboot and skip the PXE Boot, putting the local disk in the first 
place in the UEFI boot menu, our Debian Linux installation boots fine. 
However, modifying the boot order after the FAI installation 
somewhat defeats the purpose of FAI.

I tried to switch the UEFI BIOS to "Other OS" and unloaded the security 
keys, to no avail.

Are there any instructions available how to setup pxelinux for FAI such 
that I can TFTBOOT and then use the 'boot from local harddrive' entry?
Or do I have to have a parallel syslinux TFTP boot menu setup as suggested 
here: http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/PXELINUX#UEFI ?

I have also seen the following posting on the FAI mailing list:
https://lists.uni-koeln.de/pipermail/linux-fai/2014-February/010294.html

However, this means changing the DHCP configuration after a FAI 
installation.

I wonder whether the problem I ran into is specific to the mainboard
(ASUS H81M-(D) Plus 3) or more generic.

Thank you very much for any advice.

Best wishes,

w.w.

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