Issue with Realtek card and iPXE

[mcb30]

(2012-09-02 19:45)m_theredhead Wrote:  Using gpxe 1.0.1, it would fail to boot with the message “initialising devices…". This is also reflected in the etherboot wiki: http://etherboot.org/wiki/hardwareissues. However, I used the rom-o-matic to build a 1.0.1+ version of undionly and it has worked well on this motherboard for at least a year. I assumed the issue was resolved.

So today, when I upgraded to iPXE, I was a little surprised to see this error message return. Does anyone have any suggestions why it would work in gpxe 1.0.1+, but not with a current version of ipxe?

What is the best way to debug this?

It sounds as though you are using undionly.kpxe. If so, then try building as:

Code:

make bin/undionly.kpxe DEBUG=undinet,pxeparent

You could also try using the iPXE native driver for Realtek cards, which is likely to be substantially faster and more reliable then undionly:

Code:

make bin/ipxe.pxe

Michael