I have never been able to get any of our Dell machines to PXE boot in UEFI mode. I switch the boot to BIOS mode and they’re fine.
This may not be the optimal solution. :) On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 18:43 andrej via linux-fai <linux-fai@uni-koeln.de> wrote: > Diese Nachricht wurde eingewickelt um DMARC-kompatibel zu sein. Die > eigentliche Nachricht steht dadurch in einem Anhang. > > This message was wrapped to be DMARC compliant. The actual message > text is therefore in an attachment. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: andrej <tinks...@proton.me> > To: fully automatic installation for Linux <linux-fai@uni-koeln.de> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 01:43:04 +0000 > Subject: PXE-booting UEFI machines > Hi, > > I'm seeing some strange behaviour for a bunch of recent supermicro > mini-servers that I'm trying to build using FAI. As opposed to the VMs I've > been building initially (testing, much faster turn-around) which use BIOS > mode and typically (I had to try a second boot on a few occasions) "just > work"™ I'm seeing odd behaviour with the UEFI supermicros. They will only > start PXE booting after at least 3 restarts, some take up to 15 (!!) and I > was wondering whether anyone has seen similar behaviour, or, better yet, a > solution :) > > > Cheers, > Tink > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. >
