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| * If you are running a UEFI version of iPXE then only EFI binaries can be loaded. PXE binaries such as pxelinux.0 use legacy BIOS calls and can never work on UEFI. | * If you are running a UEFI version of iPXE then only EFI binaries can be loaded. PXE binaries such as pxelinux.0 use legacy BIOS calls and can never work on UEFI. | ||
| * If you are trying to load a Linux kernel (or other EFI binary) then you can use iPXE to load it directly; there is no need to load pxelinux.0 first. | * If you are trying to load a Linux kernel (or other EFI binary) then you can use iPXE to load it directly; there is no need to load pxelinux.0 first. | ||
| + | * If you are trying to load a Linux kernel, make sure it is build with ''CONFIG_EFI_STUB'' and that it is a working EFI binary. | ||
| * If you are trying to display a pxelinux menu then you may want to investigate iPXE's native [[:cmd:choose|menuing]] capabilities. | * If you are trying to display a pxelinux menu then you may want to investigate iPXE's native [[:cmd:choose|menuing]] capabilities. | ||
| * Check that the image you are trying to boot has not been corrupted in any way. | * Check that the image you are trying to boot has not been corrupted in any way. | ||
| + | * The filesize, what iPXE reports during download, and download the same url with browser or other client and check the size. | ||
| + | * If the size is the same it can also be a good idea to compare checksums between original file, file on server, and downloaded file with different client. | ||
| * If you are trying to boot an iPXE script, check that the "''#!ipxe''" signature is present at the beginning of the script. | * If you are trying to boot an iPXE script, check that the "''#!ipxe''" signature is present at the beginning of the script. | ||
| - | + | * If you have edited the script on a Windows machine, check that the script was saved using ASCII (or UTF-8) rather than UTF-16 encoding. (Some editors add what is known as BOM at the beginning which will cause issues) | |
| - | * If you are trying to boot an iPXE script, and you have edited the script on a Windows machine, check that the script was saved using ASCII (or UTF-8) rather than UTF-16 encoding. | + | |
