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Running dhcp - obie - 2019-08-15 21:59
I'm running into issues with running 'dhcp' when starting up an iPXE script and trying to get access to the network.
Im running on a SeaBios on ASUS chromebox hardware.
The problem I run into when running dhcp is that it seems to lock up when running 'dhcp' with 'Waiting for link-up on net0'. It hangs there and I'm not able to Ctrl C to get out and waiting doesn't seem to help. It doesn't seem to fail either.
When running fstat, I get net0 .... closed + Link Down, and Link status: down (ipxe.org/38086101).
When I'm running on the Developer console on the machine, I'm able to connect the network just fine but it seems that I can't from the BIOS/ iPXE script. I just cloned ipxe so I should be on the latest version. I'm on a tested/working ethernet connection.
Something to do with the network firmware?
Script in totality:
Code:
echo Ifstat results
ifstat
echo before dhcp
dhcp
echo After dhcp
set base http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64
prompt -k 0x197e -t 2000 Press F12 to install CentOS... || exit
kernel ${base}/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img repo=${base}
initrd ${base}/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
bootThanks for your help.
Digging some more it seems like this is relevant http://ipxe.org/dev/drvtest/link?
Is just polling and waiting on ifstat to report a good connection the solution? Or just putting in a wait?
RE: Running dhcp - NiKiZe - 2019-08-20 23:07
Missing info:
iPXE binary that you are using: (ie what is the build target) also are you sure that you are using the latest git master?
pciid of the nic.
some errors are normal to see from ifstat.