Syslinux - May 2014 - Virtualization env to test/demo UEFI PXE boot....

All,

(This may be a Gene question, see
http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Development/Testing).

I'd like to find a virtualization env to test and demo the new UEFI-based
PXE boot in pxelinux.

I've tried Virtualbox (BIOS-based PXE boot only).  And I've tried VMWare
workstation 20 (ditto).

I know VMWare ESXi will now do UEFI PXE boot, I've seen it as work.  But
for home or lab, that's cost prohibitive.

Is there a open source virtualization technology that does this?

Spike

On May 23, 2014 4:45 PM, "Spike White" <spikewhitetx at
gmail.com> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> (This may be a Gene question, see
> http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Development/Testing).
>
> I'd like to find a virtualization env to test and demo the new
UEFI-based
> PXE boot in pxelinux.
>
> I've tried Virtualbox (BIOS-based PXE boot only).  And I've tried
VMWare
> workstation 20 (ditto).
VMware Workstation 10 works for me.  Fresh VM, don't power on, edit the
.VMX and add

    firmware="efi"

and now it'll be uEFI.  Changing am existing VM may work but may also have
consequences.
> I know VMWare ESXi will now do UEFI PXE boot, I've seen it as work. 
But
> for home or lab, that's cost prohibitive.
ESXi is available under a cost-free license but provides a GUI option for
uEFI.
> Is there a open source virtualization technology that does this?
I think you're really looking for cost-free or VMware Workstation.

--Gene

On May 23, 2014 5:27 PM, "Gene Cumm" <gene.cumm at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> On May 23, 2014 4:45 PM, "Spike White" <spikewhitetx at
gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > All,
> >
> > (This may be a Gene question, see
> > http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Development/Testing).
> >
> > I'd like to find a virtualization env to test and demo the new
UEFI-based
> > PXE boot in pxelinux.
> >
> > I've tried Virtualbox (BIOS-based PXE boot only).  And I've
tried VMWare
> > workstation 20 (ditto).
>
> VMware Workstation 10 works for me.  Fresh VM, don't power on, edit the
.VMX and add
>
>     firmware="efi"
>
> and now it'll be uEFI.  Changing am existing VM may work but may also
have consequences.
>
> > I know VMWare ESXi will now do UEFI PXE boot, I've seen it as
work.  But
> > for home or lab, that's cost prohibitive.
>
> ESXi is available under a cost-free license but provides a GUI option for
uEFI.
>
> > Is there a open source virtualization technology that does this?
>
> I think you're really looking for cost-free or VMware Workstation.
If you didn't guess, I found this firmware trick months ago via Google and
run uEFI VMs in Workstation, ESXi and ESXi nested inside Workstation.

--Gene

Op 2014-05-23 om 15:43 schreef Spike White:
> All,
> 
> (This may be a Gene question, see
> http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Development/Testing).
> 
> I'd like to find a virtualization env to test and demo the new
UEFI-based
> PXE boot in pxelinux.
> 
> Is there a open source virtualization technology that does this?
There is http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tianocore/index.php?title=OVMF
a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines.
OVMF contains a sample UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.

> Spike

Groeten
Geert Stappers
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