AW: AW: AW: PXE boot with UEFI

[Frank Morawietz]

>>> You can troubleshoot the issue using a tftp client on one
>>> of your test boxes.
>> Nice idea! I booted the client into Knoppix, installed the  tftp-hpa  client and tested.
>> I could successfully get every single file from the server in /srv/tftp/fai/ .
>> Worked without any issue and on server side no refused nor any other error.
>>
>> So it does not seem to be a problem with the tftp server, right?
>>
>Agreed... sigh.  Not sure how much of a difference this would make, but
>did you boot Knoppix in legacy or UEFI?

UEFI, of course.   😉

>Otherwise this definitely seems to be an issue with the tftp client when
>PXE booting in UEFI mode only.  Interesting that you did not see any
>errors in the logs when you tried with and without the firewall...

Is the tftp client included in the PXE ROM?

>so does that mean you see 2 sets of symptoms:
>Either:
>1. you see the connection refused errors and a few retries in the logs, or
>2. you see no connection refused errors but nothing happens past the
>second request for the syslinux64.efi file

First it was 1. Then it became 2. Logs were always complete, no lines were omitted.

>Looking back through the thread I don't see you mentioning anything
>about the client side...

Well, it's hard to see anything on the client if the client does not start.

>Do you see any PXE error messages on the client?

I had the impression that there was an additional message flashing by for a millisecond between the trying to boot via PXE and the boot failed messages.
Then I even filmed it with my smartphone and went through the single images.
The messages was "Succeed to download NBP file."

>Have you updated the firmware on the client to the latest available version?

I updated the BIOS to the most recent version. I think the PXE software is part of the BIOS.

>Do you have another client box (different brand, or newer model) that
>you can try?

Will do that soon. I just got 16 brand new Dell workstations delivered that I plan to install with FAI...

>The one similar set of symptoms I have run across in looking on the web
>also worked in legacy but not uefi... turned out to be a
>hardware/firmware issue on the client box.
>Past this, unfortunately, I got nothing.

Thanks a lot for your ideas!
Frank
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Frank Morawietz


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