Hello Internet
We got a problem here, maybe you can solve it.
Here is what we did:
1. boot iPXE
2. attach iSCSI disk
3. boot WinPE4
4. install Win8 on SAN device through SMB-shared CD device
5. mandatory reboot while installing windows
6. boot iPXE
7. trying to boot from SAN device
8. nothing happens
Last messages:
Registerd SAN device 0x80
Booting from SAN device 0x80
Our setup:
8 identical computers (all having the same issues)
CPU Intel i7-2600k
VideoCard AMD/ATI Radeon HD 6800
Mainboard Gigabyte GA-H67MA-USB3-B3
with NIC Realtek RTL8111/8168 1Gbps
RAM 8GB
OnBoard-LAN boot ROM
iPXE
the Server:
DNSmasq as DHCP and DNS server
SCST as iSCSI target
TFTP-HPA as TFTP server
Samba3 as SMB server
How we already tried to fix it:
1. upgrade Win7 to win8 (same result after first reboot)
2. succesfully install Win8 on hdd, attach hdd to server, boot from hdd through iSCSI (fails at first boot)
3. replace NIC (same result after first reboot)
4. same procedure on other Computer (completely different HW) (Success!)
5. same procedure on VM (Success!)
6. use working VM image to boot through iSCSI (fails at first boot)
Now we need your help internet! Do your thing!