[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] troubles using network boot with HVM guest
Tim Deegan a écrit : > At 16:34 +0200 on 06 Jun (1181147651), Guillaume Rousse wrote: >> Tim Deegan a écrit : >>> Can you check the DHCP server settings, and whether your proxy is doing >>> something wierd to the packet? >> I did check with a real host, it worked perfectly. > > Was your test host using an rtl8139 and etherboot? Did grub work on it? Now, it was standard PXE. I never had to use anything else sofar, hence my current troubles. >> But you find the >> issue: the server was only answering PXE requests, whereas the emulated >> network card send an etherboot one.Just adding etherboot configuration >> on the server was enough to provide a functional answer. > > Great! > >> I was able to make the virtual domain download a grub stage2 built for >> rtl839. As I was not able to rebuild grub myself (compilation errors), I >> used this one >> http://cvs.mandriva.com/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gi/tools/i386/netboot/rtl8139/?pathrev=MDK-2006_0-update >> >> Once loaded, the virtual host send a new DHCP request, and then ignore >> the answer once again, despite the fact than the next-server field is >> correct. According to my knowledge, it should finish the DHCP >> transaction, then requires /boot/grub/menu.list from the tftp server. > > Aiee! Grub will be using its own driver and IP stack, so presumably has > other restrictions on what it thinks a DHCP response should look like. > Have you considered using pxelinux? :) You know what ? I was persuaded than pxelinux was not compatible with etherboot, just from the only PXE documentation I had... I just changed my configuration to use my already existing pxelinux configuration, and everything works like a charm... Thanks a lot for your suggestion :) -- Guillaume Rousse Moyens Informatiques - INRIA Futurs Tel: 01 69 35 69 62 _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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