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May 22, 2012 14:26
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Booting the VMware installer manually using iPXE multiboot support
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| # Based on details from http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.upgrade.doc_50%2FGUID-2F0D4696-3681-4C13-9552-5280C6406376.html | |
| set base-url http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/ | |
| kernel ${base-url}tboot.b00 | |
| imgargs tboot.b00 ks=${base-url}ks.cfg | |
| module ${base-url}b.b00 | |
| module ${base-url}useropts.gz | |
| module ${base-url}k.b00 | |
| module ${base-url}a.b00 | |
| module ${base-url}s.v00 | |
| module ${base-url}weaselin.v00 | |
| module ${base-url}tools.t00 | |
| module ${base-url}imgdb.tgz | |
| module ${base-url}imgpayld.tgz | |
| boot |
I notice there are 9 multiboot modules there, but the limit (compile-time) in iPXE is 8. You need to increase it to a higher number and recompile. Change MAX_MODULES in https://git.ipxe.org/ipxe.git/blob/HEAD:/src/arch/i386/image/multiboot.c#l46
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Hello Robin,
When I try to load esxi 5.1 through ipxe, follow your script, it will hang at 'boot'. Any idea?