Quick Start Example not Working

[dressguard]

I tried the Quick Sample in a VirtualBox but could not get it working:
"show hostname" and "show filename" are responding by "Could not find 'hostname'" and "Could not find 'filename'". I think this is to be expected as I didn't change the configuration of my DNS server. But "chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php" crashes my VirtualBox completely. GETting the page in a web browser from http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php gives me following script:

#!ipxe

kernel vmlinuz-2.6.17-14mdv bootfile=http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php fastboot
initrd initrd.img
boot

I don't know whether this is to be expected. So quick question: is the Quick Sample working right now or is it probably a configuration issue on my side?

[robinsmidsrod]

That content seems correct, so it is probably your local setup or the way you start iPXE that is wrong.

If you download http://boot.ipxe.org/ipxe.iso or http://boot.ipxe.org/ipxe.usb and put it on CD or USB and boot you should be getting a display where you can press Ctrl-B to get a shell.

Once you're in the shell you should type

Code:

dhcp

(and press enter) to get an address from your local DHCP server.

If that responds okay (you can use the

Code:

config

command to see if you got an address and such) you can continue typing in a command like this:

Code:

chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php

That should boot the demo and you should be getting to a Linux environment. If that doesn't work, please report back.