Re: Disk selection - disklist , additional.var

Yes, it worked also by naming the hook "defvar.NVME" - I guess in my previous attempts I also skipped the task_partition and partitioned/formatted the found system disks directly in the hook - that would avoid this issue ;-) Regards, Thomas On 7/25/24 04:58, Thomas Lange wrote: additional.var

PXE-booting UEFI machines

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.--- Begin Message --- Hi, I'm seeing some strange behaviour for a bunch of

Re: PXE-booting UEFI machines

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 wrote: > Diese Nachricht wurde eingewickelt um DMARC-kompatibel zu sein.

Re: PXE-booting UEFI machines

I've just learned that some network cards need to be set into a COMBO mode for properly booting PXE in UEFI mode. Here's the log from the FAI irc channel: 07/25/24 [20:25:45] < dpw> My UEFI PXE boot problem is solved: the Intel i350 network adapters firmware must be flashed in a certain "usage mo

Re: PXE-booting UEFI machines

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.--- Begin Message --- Heh. Thanks, but that's not really an option, we have

Re: PXE-booting UEFI machines

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.--- Begin Message --- Thanks Thomas, Were his machines also showing errati

Re: PXE-booting UEFI machines

Ask him in the irc channel. This topic popped up yesterday. regards Thomas > On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 03:54:20 +, andrej via linux-fai > said: > Were his machines also showing erratic behaviour or simply wouldn't PXE boot at all?

Re: PXE-booting UEFI machines

There's a mixed mode for partition tables which support GPT and legacy BIOS. > On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 03:53:19 +, andrej via linux-fai > said: > Heh. Thanks, but that's not really an option, we have machine where we need to install on GPT which BIOS mode doesn't > like. ;)