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pxe booting stopped working
Posted: 9. Jun 2015, 06:03
by skg
Hi
2 months ago network booting used to work. I tried it recently with virtualbox 4.3.22 and the machines that were configured to network boot no longer try to even find a dhcp server. In the console I see the message 'FATAL: could not read from boot medium. System halted.' It is not even trying to use the internal network to find the dhcp server that tells it where to find the boot image. The only thing that's changed is I've upgraded vbox.
Re: pxe booting stopped working
Posted: 9. Jun 2015, 13:00
by michaln
Why did you upgrade to a version that's already outdated and has known bugs with PXE booting? See changelog (
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog ) for 4.3.24.
Re: pxe booting stopped working
Posted: 11. Jun 2015, 02:43
by skg
Because when I click 'check for updates' it says 'you are already running the latest version'. Therefore there is no reason for me to assume that there is anything later than the version 4.3.22 that I am running.
Thanks for pointing out that there is a later version than 4.3.22 (since 'check for updates' still thinks that 4.3.22 is the latest) available and that the PXE booting bug was is a legitimate regression.
Re: pxe booting stopped working
Posted: 11. Jun 2015, 13:31
by michaln
OK, now I'm interested. You're using VirtualBox (downloaded from Oracle) on a Windows host, currently 4.3 28(?), and if you check for updates, you're told that 4.3.22 is the latest version?
If so, that is definitely not the expected behavior...
Re: pxe booting stopped working
Posted: 11. Jun 2015, 15:26
by mpack
Hmm. Michal is taking a lot on faith here. Me, I'm a suspicious sort and would prefer to see a VM log: right click VM in GUI, select "Show Log", save "VBox.log" (only) to a file, zip file and attach here. Make sure the VM is shut down before you collect the log.
Re: pxe booting stopped working
Posted: 12. Jun 2015, 07:48
by skg
mpack wrote:Hmm. Michal is taking a lot on faith here. Me, I'm a suspicious sort and would prefer to see a VM log: right click VM in GUI, select "Show Log", save "VBox.log" (only) to a file, zip file and attach here. Make sure the VM is shut down before you collect the log.
No problem. I would be suspicious if in your position. I'll try and get a log.
Re: pxe booting stopped working
Posted: 12. Jun 2015, 08:05
by skg
This is the log from Virtualbox 4.3.22 showing the machine failing to pxe boot.
Re: pxe booting stopped working
Posted: 12. Jun 2015, 08:07
by skg
skg wrote:mpack wrote:Hmm. Michal is taking a lot on faith here. Me, I'm a suspicious sort and would prefer to see a VM log: right click VM in GUI, select "Show Log", save "VBox.log" (only) to a file, zip file and attach here. Make sure the VM is shut down before you collect the log.
No problem. I would be suspicious if in your position. I'll try and get a log.
Also note I've already upgraded to 4.3.28. I can downgrade and try and reproduce the 'check for updates' failure and attach a screenshot but I don't have time to do it now.
Re: pxe booting stopped working
Posted: 12. Jun 2015, 08:09
by skg
michaln wrote:OK, now I'm interested. You're using VirtualBox (downloaded from Oracle) on a Windows host, currently 4.3 28(?), and if you check for updates, you're told that 4.3.22 is the latest version?
If so, that is definitely not the expected behavior...
Yes. Version 4.3.22 was telling me it (4.3.22) was the latest version. I have subsequently upgraded to 4.3.28.
Re: pxe booting stopped working
Posted: 13. Jun 2015, 05:11
by skg
skg wrote:skg wrote:mpack wrote:Hmm. Michal is taking a lot on faith here. Me, I'm a suspicious sort and would prefer to see a VM log: right click VM in GUI, select "Show Log", save "VBox.log" (only) to a file, zip file and attach here. Make sure the VM is shut down before you collect the log.
No problem. I would be suspicious if in your position. I'll try and get a log.
Also note I've already upgraded to 4.3.28. I can downgrade and try and reproduce the 'check for updates' failure and attach a screenshot but I don't have time to do it now.
Re: pxe booting stopped working
Posted: 13. Jun 2015, 11:29
by noteirak
I guess that would convince even the most sceptic ones!