Chainloading Failed on EXIT - Hangs on REFIND_EFI

[88fingerslukee]

Server

• FOG Version: 1.3.0-RC-25
• OS: CentOS 6.8

Client

• Service Version:
• OS: Windows Server 2012 R2
• System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
• System Product: GA-78LMT-USB3 6.0

Description

This motherboard boots to the menu just fine but gives the Chainloading error when using the EXIT option. When using REFIND_EFI or SANBOOT it hangs with the blinking cursor in the top left corner. The GRUB options don’t work because it’s a Windows EFI installation.

I have no “Secure Chip” or Secure Boot settings in the BIOS so this is why I’m posting a new thread. It seems my issue might be different than the others.

I’d love to get this working as I have several of these motherboards in my install base. I’m happy to do some digging, just please let me know what I have to do.
Here is my boot.php file from (http://x.x.x.x/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php)

#!ipxe
set fog-ip x.x.x.x
set fog-webroot fog
set boot-url http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}
cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
goto get_console
:console_set
colour --rgb 0x00567a 1 ||
colour --rgb 0x00567a 2 ||
colour --rgb 0x00567a 4 ||
cpair --foreground 7 --background 2 2 ||
goto MENU
:alt_console
cpair --background 0 1 ||
cpair --background 1 2 ||
goto MENU
:get_console
console --picture http://x.x.x.x/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80 && goto console_set || goto alt_console
:MENU
menu
colour --rgb 0xff0000 0 ||
cpair --foreground 1 1 ||
cpair --foreground 0 3 ||
cpair --foreground 4 4 ||
item --gap Host is NOT registered!
item --gap -- -------------------------------------
item fog.local Boot from hard disk
item fog.memtest Run Memtest86+
item fog.reginput Perform Full Host Registration and Inventory
item fog.reg Quick Registration and Inventory
item fog.deployimage Deploy Image
item fog.multijoin Join Multicast Session
item fog.sysinfo Client System Information (Compatibility)
choose --default fog.local --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}
:fog.local
sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80 || goto MENU
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 web=192.168.1.184/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 loglevel=4
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:fog.memtest
kernel memdisk iso raw
initrd memtest.bin
boot || goto MENU
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 web=192.168.1.184/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 loglevel=4
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:fog.reginput
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 web=192.168.1.184/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 loglevel=4 mode=manreg
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:fog.reg
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 web=192.168.1.184/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 loglevel=4 mode=autoreg
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:fog.deployimage
login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param qihost 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:fog.multijoin
login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param sessionJoin 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:fog.sysinfo
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 web=x.x.x.x/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 loglevel=4 mode=sysinfo
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:bootme
chain -ar http://x.x.x.x/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params ||
goto MENU
autoboot

thanks
Lucas

[Wayne Workman]

What’s the exact model of the HDD in the system? Is there more than one disk, are they RAID ? Are they even going through a RAID controller at all?

[88fingerslukee]

No RAID. There are 2 drives, one SSD with Windows on it, the other as a general storage drive:

System Drive:
Drive Controller: Serial ATA 3Gb/s
Drive Model: CRUCIAL_CT256M225
Drive Revision: 1819
Drive Capacity: 244,198 MBytes (256 GB)
Media Rotation Rate: SSD Drive (Non-rotating)

Storage Drive:
Drive Controller: Serial ATA 3Gb/s
Drive Model: WDC WD3200AAKS-00L9A0
Drive Revision: 01.03E01
Drive Capacity: 305,245 MBytes (320 GB)

[george1421]

OK here is what I want you to do here.

Schedule a debug capture/deploy I don’t care which to this hardware. (Hint: ensure the debug check box is selected when scheduling the task) Then pxe boot the target computer. You may have to manually register this computer if you can’t get that far. When you pxe boot this computer you will see several screens of text, which you clear by pressing the enter key. Eventually you will be dropped to a linux command prompt on the target computer.

Then key in lsblk to show the disk structure of this ssd/hdd combination.

You don’t need to use refind_efi if this is a bios (legacy) firmware. If this is a uefi system then you might need to use refind to find the proper boot blocks.

[Wayne Workman]

It’s most likely due to the multiple disks. Once you identify the OS disk (as George asked), you can specify that as the primary disk for hosts of this type. Of course it’s possible that the FOG linux kernel isn’t even seeing the SSD, though I doubt this.

[88fingerslukee]

Okay, now it’s getting weird.

When I create a capture task I get a TFTP Open Timeout error. So it’ll TFTP just fine into the menu without any task enabled but it has an issue with a task? How does that work?

[george1421]

What do you get when you key this url into a browser. Make sure you still have the capture/deploy task still scheduled.

http://<fog_server_ip>/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=<mac_of_broken_system>

That should spit out the fog iPXE configuration menu for that target computer. If its incomplete then we’ll need to tail the apache error.log file.

[88fingerslukee]

I get this:

#!ipxe
set fog-ip 192.168.1.184
set fog-webroot fog
set boot-url http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}
cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
goto get_console
:console_set
colour --rgb 0x00567a 1 ||
colour --rgb 0x00567a 2 ||
colour --rgb 0x00567a 4 ||
cpair --foreground 7 --background 2 2 ||
goto MENU
:alt_console
cpair --background 0 1 ||
cpair --background 1 2 ||
goto MENU
:get_console
console --picture http://192.168.1.184/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80 && goto console_set || goto alt_console
:MENU
menu
colour --rgb 0x00567a 0 ||
cpair --foreground 1 1 ||
cpair --foreground 0 3 ||
cpair --foreground 4 4 ||
item --gap Host is registered as PSI1!
item --gap -- -------------------------------------
item fog.local Boot from hard disk
item fog.memtest Run Memtest86+
item fog.keyreg Update Product Key
item fog.deployimage Deploy Image
item fog.multijoin Join Multicast Session
item fog.quickdel Quick Host Deletion
item fog.sysinfo Client System Information (Compatibility)
choose --default fog.local --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}
:fog.local
imgfetch ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/refind.conf
chain -ar ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/refind.efi || goto MENU
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 web=192.168.1.184/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 loglevel=4
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:fog.memtest
kernel memdisk iso raw
initrd memtest.bin
boot || goto MENU
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 web=192.168.1.184/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 loglevel=4
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:fog.keyreg
login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param keyreg 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:fog.deployimage
login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param qihost 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:fog.multijoin
login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param sessionJoin 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:fog.quickdel
login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param delhost 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:fog.sysinfo
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 web=192.168.1.184/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 loglevel=4 mode=sysinfo
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:bootme
chain -ar http://192.168.1.184/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params ||
goto MENU
autoboot

[88fingerslukee]

Sorry, that was without the capture task . Here is what you actually asked for:

#!ipxe
set fog-ip 192.168.1.184
set fog-webroot fog
set boot-url http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 web=192.168.1.184/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 mac=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ftp=192.168.1.184 storage=192.168.1.184://files/images/dev/ storageip=192.168.1.184 osid=7 irqpoll hostname=HOST chkdsk=0 img=IMG imgType=n imgPartitionType=all imgid=10 imgFormat= PIGZ_COMP=-6 hostearly=1 pct=5 ignorepg=1 isdebug=yes type=up
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot

[george1421]

@88fingerslukee Interesting, this looks like a normal capture menu. This is giving you a tftp timeout error?

I’m not seeing any tftp image pulls here, only http (which it should). Can you inspect the Apache error.log file and see if there is anything useful at the end of that file (if everything is working perfectly this file should be empty).

[88fingerslukee]

Okay, so totally weird. It must’ve worked at some point because I had to leave for a while but when I came back it was at the linux prompt. Here’s the lsblk command, sda is the system SSD.

NAME    MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE  MOUNTPOINT
sdb       8:16    0   298.1G  0 disk
└─sdb1    8:17    0   298.1G 0 part
  sda      8:0   0   238.5G  0 disk
└─sda4    8:4   0    238G   0 part
└─sda2    8:2   0   100M  0 part
└─sda3    8:3   0   128M  0 part
└─sda1    8:1   0   300M   0 part

When I rebooted it went back to the open timeout. So I have no idea what the deal is here.

[Tom Elliott]

@88fingerslukee do you use the location plugin by chance? RC-26 fixed an issue of a method call, of which the sounds like it’s failing rc25 s bug.

[88fingerslukee]

Unfortunately, no. I don’t use any plugins at all.

[Tom Elliott]

@88fingerslukee then are there any errors that might seem relevant in the Apache error logs?

[88fingerslukee]

@Tom-Elliott no error logs at all. I only have ssl_error_log or access_log. Neither of them have anything relevant.

[Tom Elliott]

Also, another possibility, for the open timeout isn’t because of a problem with the exit type, rather how it’s being told to pass the exit based on how the system is seen. For example booting something in legacy mode would, from what I can guess, would not be able to return the UEFI based data to the system.
It suddenly thinks there’s no os to load into and restarts the system to try again. I believe you can boot down though (from EFI to legacy), just as long as the data can be found to boot up.

[88fingerslukee]

@Tom-Elliott the BIOS has two different network boots, iPXE and Legacy LAN. Both of them exhibit the same behaviour

[Tom Elliott]

@88fingerslukee if your system is expecting to boot in UEFI, but your release from ipxe to system is in legacy it doesn’t matter which form of pxe on nic you’re using.

UEFI/EFI as far as I know uses the onboard ‘nvram’ to know how to boot the system but in legacy mode that element would not be accessible.

[88fingerslukee]

@Tom-Elliott I’m not certain I understand what you’re saying here. Are you suggesting an issue with the motherboard’s implementation of iPXE or something to do with FOG?

[sudburr]

@Tom-Elliott This depends on the motherboard / BIOS.

I have several models of Lenovo set to UEFI, but allow booting to both. I can drop a Legacy/CSM or UEFI image onto these systems and they will boot either OS fine.

In fact I just Legacy PXE booted an M73z with undionly.kpxe to transfer an OEM UEFI image. It transferred and booted fine and runs as a UEFI OS.