Re: Does the TARGET server need to be running a 64 bit OS if the initiator wants to run a 64 bit OS?

Hello:

I found out that the bootmgr file is corrupt on the target even before I attempt to boot.

What could cause this?

I built the HD on the initiator and then transfer to the Linux target using the dd command: "dd if=/dev/sdb of=/home/erincof/W7_64.img bs=8225280 count=6885" Yes, it is a big image. Could this possibly be the problem?

I know that the HD works if I attach to the initiator and boot.

Does anyone have any idea why the bootmgr would be corrupt after the transfer?

There were no Error reported from the target during or after the transfer.

Thank you for your help,

Erin


Erin Coffey
Tektronix, Inc.
Scopes Engineering
503-627-3904


-----Original Message-----
From: Coffey, Erin 
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 10:50 AM
To: Joseph L. Casale; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Etherboot-discuss] Does the TARGET server need to be running a 64 bit OS if the initiator wants to run a 64 bit OS?


I got this to work a few months ago using a Win7, 32 bit OS. 

I read recently that deleting the registry key (HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices) may help?

If I still can't boot, I'll try installing the OS directly to the target.

Thank you for your help,

Erin


-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 9:41 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Etherboot-discuss] Does the TARGET server need to be running a 64 bit OS if the initiator wants to run a 64 bit OS?

>I'm sorry, I don't understand. I followed the instructions here: http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/transfer 
>
>When I attached the HD to the Linux server, I ran fdisk -l and, both Windows 7
>partitions are on dev/sdb I transferred the image using the ending cylinder of
> the second partition (what used to be the C:\ partition).

Ah, my bad. I assumed you booted the actual workstation with a Linux environment
instead of removing the disc. If that was the primary disc, and you see both partitions
then afaik you did it right.

Any reason you don't just install directly to the iscsi server? It works well and is so
much faster and simpler... Check the wiki out.

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