ipxe and mboot.c32

[loper.t2h]

(2012-08-09 14:06)robinsmidsrod Wrote:  This code from https://gist.github.com/2769396 shows how it's possible to boot the VMware installer directly from iPXE without using mboot.c32. You might be able to adapt it to your Xen loader.

Code:

# Based on details from http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.upgrade.doc_50%2FGUID-2F0D4696-3681-4C13-9552-5280C6406376.html
set base-url http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/
kernel ${base-url}tboot.b00
imgargs tboot.b00 ks=${base-url}ks.cfg
module ${base-url}b.b00
module ${base-url}useropts.gz
module ${base-url}k.b00
module ${base-url}a.b00
module ${base-url}s.v00
module ${base-url}weaselin.v00
module ${base-url}tools.t00
module ${base-url}imgdb.tgz
module ${base-url}imgpayld.tgz
boot

Dear Robin,
Have you tested this scriplet? On which version of ESX and which version/commit of iPXE? I'm having same problems, as described here: http://forum.ipxe.org/showthread.php?tid...33#pid8733 on the latest ver of ESX (5.1). Only boot via mboot.c32 and tftpboot works.