Need help with San boot - Windows XP boot stuck at Logo

[Mahboob AliKhan]

I was trying to do a san boot (gpxe) using a windows XP and I am facing some issues with it.

I have installed Microsoft iscsi boot initiator and san boot as mentioned on website (http://etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/winnt_iscsi) and followed the steps mentioned, installing win XP on 4 gb partition and trying to boot it from a Linux machine. The problem I am facing is the boot goes fine till I see the windows logo and then it just sits there and it goes in some kind of weird loop there.

So, in order to debug, I installed windbg and I noticed some irregularities:
"No sBFT found".

I am trying to san boot on a Windows Desktop (Dell model).

I am attaching the debugging transcript I got from windbg, Can someone please let me know what's wrong?

Really appreciate your help in advance.

Thanks
Ali

[Vivek Subbarao]

Try making the disk signature 0 in the OS image you are booting from.
This signature starts at offset of 440 and is 4 bytes long. Take a look
at MBR wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record.



From: Mahboob AliKhan [mailto:***@riverbed.com]
Sent: 03 February 2011 13:58
To: etherboot-***@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Nitin Gupta
Subject: [Etherboot-discuss] Need help with San boot - Windows XP boot
stuckat Logo





I was trying to do a san boot (gpxe) using a windows XP and I am facing
some issues with it.



I have installed Microsoft iscsi boot initiator and san boot as
mentioned on website (http://etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/winnt_iscsi) and
followed the steps mentioned, installing win XP on 4 gb partition and
trying to boot it from a Linux machine. The problem I am facing is the
boot goes fine till I see the windows logo and then it just sits there
and it goes in some kind of weird loop there.



So, in order to debug, I installed windbg and I noticed some
irregularities:

"No sBFT found".



I am trying to san boot on a Windows Desktop (Dell model).



I am attaching the debugging transcript I got from windbg, Can someone
please let me know what's wrong?



Really appreciate your help in advance.



Thanks

Ali

[Mahboob AliKhan]

Thanks for the suggestion, I will try this one out and let you know.

Thanks
Mahboob

From: Vivek Subbarao [mailto:***@chelsio.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 2:35 AM
To: Mahboob AliKhan; etherboot-***@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Nitin Gupta
Subject: RE: [Etherboot-discuss] Need help with San boot - Windows XP boot stuckat Logo

Try making the disk signature 0 in the OS image you are booting from. This signature starts at offset of 440 and is 4 bytes long. Take a look at MBR wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record.

From: Mahboob AliKhan [mailto:***@riverbed.com]
Sent: 03 February 2011 13:58
To: etherboot-***@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Nitin Gupta
Subject: [Etherboot-discuss] Need help with San boot - Windows XP boot stuckat Logo


I was trying to do a san boot (gpxe) using a windows XP and I am facing some issues with it.

I have installed Microsoft iscsi boot initiator and san boot as mentioned on website (http://etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/winnt_iscsi) and followed the steps mentioned, installing win XP on 4 gb partition and trying to boot it from a Linux machine. The problem I am facing is the boot goes fine till I see the windows logo and then it just sits there and it goes in some kind of weird loop there.

So, in order to debug, I installed windbg and I noticed some irregularities:
"No sBFT found".

I am trying to san boot on a Windows Desktop (Dell model).

I am attaching the debugging transcript I got from windbg, Can someone please let me know what's wrong?

Really appreciate your help in advance.

Thanks
Ali

[Andrew Bobulsky]

Hello Mahboob,

It's unfortunate that you're having trouble!

Some quick Googling turned up the following post to the list from June
of last year: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.network.etherboot.gpxe/1124

While his issue isn't precisely the same as yours, I notice from your
WinDbg output that the line[s] where NIC detection occurs don't show
up. Perhaps Sanbootconf's debug output has changed somewhat since
then, but it could be an indicator of what's causing your trouble.

As Michael asked, is it possible that the NIC driver for your machine
isn't installed correctly or that it's not marked as boot-start?

Cheers,
Andrew Bobulsky

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:27 AM, Mahboob AliKhan

Post by Mahboob AliKhan
I was trying to do a san boot (gpxe) using a windows XP and I am facing some
issues with it.
I have installed Microsoft iscsi boot initiator and san boot as mentioned on
website (http://etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/winnt_iscsi) and followed the
steps mentioned, installing win XP on 4 gb partition and trying to boot it
from a Linux machine. The problem I am facing is the boot goes fine till I
see the windows logo and then it just sits there and it goes in some kind of
weird loop there.
“No sBFT found”.
I am trying to san boot on a Windows Desktop (Dell model).
I am attaching the debugging transcript  I got from windbg, Can someone
please let me know what’s wrong?
Really appreciate your help in advance.
Thanks
Ali
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[Mahboob AliKhan]

Thanks a lot for replying. I did find the below mentioned website, but it does not say anything on how to fix it.

The debug messages I sent earlier didn't had no NIC related information as I did not had any drivers installed on it.

So, As Michael suggested, I used the new sanboot.conf and also installed NIC drivers. My Desktop has an in build NIC card (Broadcom 57XX Gigabit Integrated Controller) and an extra NIC card hooked on (Intel PRO 1000). So I installed both the drivers but I am still facing the same problem. I am attaching the debug messages along, so can someone please take a look. I really appreciate you guys help.

The desktop I am using is Dell optiplex GX280 series.

Thanks
Mahboob
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Bobulsky [mailto:***@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 6:53 AM
To: Mahboob AliKhan
Cc: etherboot-***@lists.sourceforge.net; Nitin Gupta
Subject: Re: [Etherboot-discuss] Need help with San boot - Windows XP boot stuck at Logo

Hello Mahboob,

It's unfortunate that you're having trouble!

Some quick Googling turned up the following post to the list from June of last year: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.network.etherboot.gpxe/1124

While his issue isn't precisely the same as yours, I notice from your WinDbg output that the line[s] where NIC detection occurs don't show up. Perhaps Sanbootconf's debug output has changed somewhat since then, but it could be an indicator of what's causing your trouble.

As Michael asked, is it possible that the NIC driver for your machine isn't installed correctly or that it's not marked as boot-start?

Cheers,
Andrew Bobulsky

Post by Mahboob AliKhan
I was trying to do a san boot (gpxe) using a windows XP and I am
facing some issues with it.
I have installed Microsoft iscsi boot initiator and san boot as
mentioned on website (http://etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/winnt_iscsi)
and followed the steps mentioned, installing win XP on 4 gb partition
and trying to boot it from a Linux machine. The problem I am facing is
the boot goes fine till I see the windows logo and then it just sits
there and it goes in some kind of weird loop there.
"No sBFT found".
I am trying to san boot on a Windows Desktop (Dell model).
I am attaching the debugging transcript  I got from windbg, Can
someone please let me know what's wrong?
Really appreciate your help in advance.
Thanks
Ali
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