Error: Exec format error
(Error code 2e0080)
Possible sources
This error originated from one of the following locations within the iPXE source code:
General advice
- Try using the latest version of iPXE. Your problem may have already been fixed.
- Try building iPXE with the debug option
DEBUG=image - You can contact the iPXE developers and other iPXE users.
- Refresh this page after 24 hours. This page is actively monitored, and further information may be added soon.
Additional notes
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This error usually indicates an unrecognised image format or, less commonly, a corrupted image.
Things to try:
- Check that your build of iPXE supports the type of image you are trying to boot. You can see the list of supported image types in the iPXE start-up banner; for example:
iPXE 1.0.0+ -- Open Source Network Boot Firmware -- http://ipxe.org Features: HTTP iSCSI DNS TFTP AoE VLAN bzImage COMBOOT ELF MBOOT PXE PXEXTshows that bzImage, COMBOOT, ELF, Multiboot, and PXE images are supported in this build of iPXE.
- Check that the image you are trying to boot has not been corrupted in any way.
- 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, 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.
