Re: Infinite loop attempting to find DHCP

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Phil Selmer <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need to use Acronis SnapDeploy which comes with its own PXE server.  That
> server does not interface with gPXE.  I have no idea why, but that is what I
> was told.

You should definitely try it on your own. One of the reasons why gPXE
is preferred over Etherboot is gPXE's much superior PXE support. If it
works with etherboot, it should work with gPXE too.

> I'll be using event-driven deploys to image headless systems.  I am required
> to turn off all the servers (DHCP, TFTP, PXE) when they are not in use, so
> those systems must be able to boot without DHCP (and without user input).
>
> I apologize if I'm still not being very clear.

Thomas

> Thanks,
>    - Phil
>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Marty Connor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Phil Selmer wrote on 12/11/09 4:33 PM:
>>>
>>> Thanks for the quick response, Thomas.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, I'm required to use software that does not support gPXE,
>>> only
>>> PXE.
>>
>> As gPXE is an Open Source PXE implementation, it would be nice to
>> understand what you mean.
>>
>> Would you be more specific about what you are trying to accomplish?
>>
>> Did you mean to say "I'm required to use software that does not support
>> gPXE, only Etherboot." ??
>>
>>> Am I looking at some source code mods here?
>>
>> Possibly.  But if you can describe in more detail what you're trying to
>> do, we might be able to help.
>>
>>> Thanks again.
>>> - Phil
>>
>> You're quite welcome.
>>
>> Marty
>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Thomas Miletich
>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Phil,
>>>> please try gPXE. gPXE will exit and continue with the next boot device
>>>> after the DHCP request failed(unless your BIOS has issues with
>>>> that...). You shouldn't use Etherboot anymore if you don't really need
>>>> to, as it's unsupported and hasn't been updated in a while.
>>>>
>>>> Thomas
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Phil Selmer<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm wondering if there is any way to have Etherboot quit and continue
>>>>
>>>> with
>>>>>
>>>>> the normal boot sequence if there is no DHCP server found.  I've tried
>>>>> multiple options from Rom-o-matic, but can't get one that will work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Currently, it will load the BIOS extension and ask "Boot from (N)etwork
>>>>
>>>> or
>>>>>
>>>>> (Q)uit" for the default 3 seconds before attempting to boot the default
>>>>> (which is network).  If it can't connect to a DHCP server, it asks
>>>>> again
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>> waits 3 seconds.  It will do that indefinitely.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any way to have it quit if it can't find the DHCP server?  If
>>>>> a
>>>>> Rom-o-matic solution exists, I would prefer that as I do not have
>>>>> access
>>>>
>>>> to
>>>>>
>>>>> a Linux box.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>
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