\nConfigure bios in that order : network,cdrom,disk (or floppy, cdrom, disk if you go for the floppy bootstrap loader option).
\nNote :
\n-With vmware virtual server, you need to load your vmxnet driver in order to see your iscsi target.
\n-It is recommended to load also you vm scsi drivers.<\/p>\n
2.The bootstrap loader<\/strong> ->root path in my case was iscsi:192.168.1.100:tcp:3260:0:test.<\/p>\n ->vendor option is 175.6.1.1.1.8.1.1 (etherboot length 6 code 1 length 1 value 1 code 8 length 1 value 1). ->Here I use Tiny PXE Server<\/a> under windows which supports the specific vendor and root-path options. ps : there is a bug with ms iscsi initiator and the gateway (see here http:\/\/reboot.pro\/15965\/) -> it is recommended not to fill in the router field as done in the picture above<\/p>\n *********** Note ******************************************* #!gpxe Use this boot disk on your physical computer or in your virtual image. 3.The ISCSI Target<\/strong> ->I use StarWind from RocketDivision<\/a>. 5.Booting step 2<\/strong> 6.Installing Windows<\/strong> 7.Completing the installation<\/strong> Steps: 1.The bios Setup 2.The bootstrap loader 3.The ISCSI Target 4.Booting step 1 5.Booting step 2 6.Installing Windows 7.Completing the installation 1.The bios Setup Configure bios in that order : network,cdrom,disk (or floppy, cdrom, disk if you go for the floppy bootstrap loader option). Note : -With vmware virtual server, you need to load your […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-boot","category-iscsi","category-pxe","category-16-id","category-10-id","category-45-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":808,"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions\/808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSetup a dhcp\/pxe server with gpxe bootstrap loader<\/a> and keep-san vendor option and root path set to iscsi.
\n(See note at the end of this bullet to go without a dhcp\/tftp server)<\/p>\n
\n(more details here http:\/\/www.etherboot.org\/wiki\/dhcpd<\/a><\/p>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/images\/pxe_setup2.png\")
\nSee discussion about this tool here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nAs an option, you can skip the dhcp\/tftp server by using a boot disk (floppy or cdrom) made by gpxe.
\nSee below.
\nGo to http:\/\/rom-o-matic.net\/gpxe\/gpxe-git\/gpxe.git\/contrib\/rom-o-matic<\/a> ,
\nchoose floppy image as output format \/ choose \u00ab\u00a0all-drivers\u00a0\u00bb as NIC Type \/ tick time_cmd and digest_cmd, and use the following embedded script :<\/p>\n
\necho \u00ab\u00a0Greetings! Hit Ctrl-C to bail out.\u00a0\u00bb
\nsleep 5
\necho \u00ab\u00a0Going to DHCP on primary network adapter\u00a0\u00bb
\nifopen net0
\ndhcp net0
\nclear net0.dhcp\/gateway:ipv4
\nset keep-san 1
\necho \u00ab\u00a0you may replace ${dhcp-server} by an hardcoded IP\u00a0\u00bb
\necho \u00ab\u00a0you may replace windows by a specific target name\u00a0\u00bb
\nsanboot iscsi:${dhcp-server}::::windows
\nboot<\/p>\n
\nTo make it easy on you, here are the image : floppy <\/a> usb<\/a> iso<\/a>.
\n********** end of note ************************************************<\/p>\n
\nSetup an iscsi target with a blank image file (filled with zero).<\/p>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/images\/starwind_setup.jpg\")
\n4.Booting step 1<\/strong>
\nLaunch computer : it will boot on network, load gpxe which in turn will try to boot on san (as defined in root path)<\/p>\n
\nSanboot will fail to boot on the image file (since it is a blank one)
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/images\/gpxe.jpg\")
\n->gPXE\/sanboot will then exit and computer will continue with boot from cdrom (as defined in bios)<\/p>\n
\nWindows 2008 setup should now see the iscsi target as a local disk (since we use the keep-san gPXE option).
\nIf not, shift+f10 to go and command prompt and check your network with ipconfig \/all .<\/p>\n
\nNext reboot will the computer boot directly on the iscsi target.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/images\/w2k8_setup.jpg\")
\nGpxe page on w2k8 iscsi install : http:\/\/www.etherboot.org\/wiki\/sanboot\/win2k8_iscsi_install<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"