VMWare Fusion EFI issue with KBE
I have an issue with vmware fusion pxe booting efi to k2000. The bootloader kicks off successfully but following the winpeinit script after loading network and waiting for network to settle I am unable to lease an address. I cannot ping any addresses if I manually apply an IP via netsh either. This same kbe works on other physical devices to successfully capture/deploy images from either legacy or uefi booting and I am also able to boot this vm with legacy bios and successfully load the k2000 capture/deploy utility, I just can't connect to the network from any KBEs booted from uefi firmware inside vmware fusion.
Suspecting the issue was with vmware fusion, As a test I built a wds server, loaded winpe boot images and imported the same driver packs I have in the k2000 environment. I was able to successfuly PXE boot from UEFI firmware and complete a win10 installation. I can boot that win10 environment and successfully connect to the network from inside that OS.
In my device list, I see my vm boot history from the legacy side and can verify the platform/device info is accurate but there seems to be no trace of the UEFI boot attempts. I was suspecting a possible platform identification issue when booting from UEFI but as stated WDS handles it correctly so I am still unsure if the issue lies with k2000 or vmware fusion. my next step is to try to efi boot a vsphere guest from another environment but its sort of a hassle to setup so I am dreading it. Anything I am overlooking?
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When you get the to the wpeinit phase, could you tell us what the error message is?
might be 1231?
-Make sure your VM is using an E1000 Adapter, do not use E1000E or VMXNET3
type IPCONFIG
-If you don't see any IP address, the KBE lacks the drivers needed. (we will need to confirm the Device exact Model, service tag will help).
-If you see a 169 APIPA address, your DHCP is not providing a valid IP to the KBE.
-If you see valid IP address, then you should not be seeing the 1231 error message. Try to type STARTNET.CMD and hit enter.
Now, I have never seen a K2 SDA being used with VMWare fusion, I have seen Hyper-V, VMware, Virtual Box, VirtIO. - Channeler 6 years ago