Xen version used: 3.1.0 When we when create a xen image it first does a pxe boot. So we can instruct a xen image what todo, eg install debian via systemimager. When the install finish it will fetch the default pxe config file. The default pxe config file will display a menu system and the user can select an action, default is to boot from local hardisk. Our problem is that the xen image does a pxe boot and crashes in displaying the menu structure. Can the rtl8139 network driver handle this? Regards default.menu: ============================================================DEFAULT menu.c32 # You can also load a background image if you use # DEFAULT vesamenu.c32 # MENU BACKGROUND Logo.jpg PROMPT 0 # Wait 5 seconds unless the user presses a button, but always boot after 900 seconds. TIMEOUT 50 TOTALTIMEOUT 9000 MENU TITLE PXE menu from TFTP server label harddisk menu label Boot from local harddisk kernel chain.c32 append hd0 # Remember: Config files (such as centos.conf) are relative to /tftpboot/ # label SystemImagerMenu menu label SystemImager Linux cloning menu kernel menu.c32 append SystemImager/menu.conf =========================================================================-- -- ******************************************************************** * * * Bas van der Vlies e-mail: basv@sara.nl * * SARA - Academic Computing Services phone: +31 20 592 8012 * * Kruislaan 415 fax: +31 20 6683167 * * 1098 SJ Amsterdam * * * ******************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Bas van der Vlies
2007-Nov-29 08:09 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Pxe boot of xen image via a pxe menu
I am now using 3.1.1 and do not experience this problem anymore, just to inform the list. Bas van der Vlies wrote:> Xen version used: 3.1.0 > > When we when create a xen image it first does a pxe boot. So we can > instruct a xen image what todo, eg install debian via systemimager. When > the install finish it will fetch the default pxe config file. The default > pxe config file will display a menu system and the user can select an > action, default is to boot from local hardisk. > > Our problem is that the xen image does a pxe boot and crashes in displaying > the menu structure. Can the rtl8139 network driver handle this? > > Regards > > default.menu: > ============================================================> DEFAULT menu.c32 > # You can also load a background image if you use > # DEFAULT vesamenu.c32 > # MENU BACKGROUND Logo.jpg > > PROMPT 0 > > # Wait 5 seconds unless the user presses a button, but always boot after > 900 seconds. > TIMEOUT 50 > TOTALTIMEOUT 9000 > > MENU TITLE PXE menu from TFTP server > > label harddisk > menu label Boot from local harddisk > kernel chain.c32 > append hd0 > > # Remember: Config files (such as centos.conf) are relative to /tftpboot/ > # > > label SystemImagerMenu > menu label SystemImager Linux cloning menu > kernel menu.c32 > append SystemImager/menu.conf > > =========================================================================> -- > -- > ******************************************************************** > * * > * Bas van der Vlies e-mail: basv@sara.nl * > * SARA - Academic Computing Services phone: +31 20 592 8012 * > * Kruislaan 415 fax: +31 20 6683167 * > * 1098 SJ Amsterdam * > * * > ******************************************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users-- -- ******************************************************************** * * * Bas van der Vlies e-mail: basv@sara.nl * * SARA - Academic Computing Services phone: +31 20 592 8012 * * Kruislaan 415 fax: +31 20 6683167 * * 1098 SJ Amsterdam * * * ******************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users