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  Thread: Can't load EFI file in iPXE that works fine in the BIOS EFI Shell
Post: Can't load EFI file in iPXE that works fine in the...

I am trying to use iDmiEditEfi64.efi which is part of the Intel Firmware Integrator Tools iDmi but can't get it to work within iPXE. Other EFI files load fine. But specific this one doesn't. It is 64b...
bshogeman General 1 3,922 2022-01-12, 13:41
  Thread: nslookup - hostname
Post: RE: nslookup - hostname

Booting a very basic linux distro but want to keep the hostname so I can remotely access it and also log the boot in a database with the same hostname. But if there is no support for reverse dns I hav...
bshogeman General 3 12,434 2016-01-25, 12:34
  Thread: nslookup - hostname
Post: nslookup - hostname

How can I do a reverse dns lookup in ipxe? Normaly I use nslookup ipadress for this but iPXE doesn't give the right result. nslookup hostname ${ip} Return the ip in the variable named hostname an...
bshogeman General 3 12,434 2016-01-21, 12:00
  Thread: sanboot command with http server iso
Post: RE: sanboot command with http server iso

(2013-05-13 16:52)mcb30 Wrote:  The image would have to contain some kind of HTTP block device driver. It's almost certainly easier to use the distro's native facilities for network booting. M...
bshogeman General 3 24,423 2013-05-14, 16:11
  Thread: sanboot command with http server iso
Post: sanboot command with http server iso

I try to boot a linux livecd with ipxe. It try's to boot but failed after loading the kernel. What must a linux distro minimal contain to succesful boot from ipxe? sanboot http:/webserver/somelinuxli...
bshogeman General 3 24,423 2013-05-13, 15:51
  Thread: sanboot --drive 0x80 (localboot) hangs
Post: RE: sanboot --drive 0x80 (localboot) hangs

Yes, the exit command completes the boot proces without errors. The strange thing was that 2 pc's with what seems like the same bios 1 has and another hasn't the problem. I had choosen the sanboot opt...
bshogeman General 2 16,105 2013-04-05, 11:59
  Thread: sanboot --drive 0x80 (localboot) hangs
Post: sanboot --drive 0x80 (localboot) hangs

I have a very strange issue. On almost any pc iPXE functions correctly. On 15 of them sanboot fails. The script loads: sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80 from a php script on a webserver. 99% of the...
bshogeman General 2 16,105 2013-04-05, 10:13
  Thread: iPXE with SCCM Chaining
Post: RE: iPXE with SCCM Chaining

(2012-08-08 11:35)robinsmidsrod Wrote:  Why are you using PHP at all? From what I can see, this is just a static iPXE script, and might as well be served as a plain text file. Because I didn't ...
bshogeman General 2 18,455 2012-08-08, 13:22
  Thread: iPXE with SCCM Chaining
Post: iPXE with SCCM Chaining

Changing the DHCP scope settings, booting iPXE and loading a script from a HTTP server all are no problem.. But now chaining SCCM.. Script used in php: <?php header ( "Content-type: text/plain" );...
bshogeman General 2 18,455 2012-08-07, 14:47