PXE-booting UEFI machines

[Matthew Pounsett]

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 at uni-koeln.de>
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> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 01:43:04 +0000
> Subject: PXE-booting UEFI machines
> Hi,
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> 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 :)
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> Cheers,
> Tink
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