KVM guests cannot boot PXE "local"

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

With the below PXE configuration :

DEFAULT local
PROMPT 0
TIMEOUT 0
TOTALTIMEOUT 0
ONTIMEOUT local

LABEL local
        LOCALBOOT 0

virtual machine under kvm pxe booting failes to boot from the local drive as it should and gets into an infinite loop of pxe booting.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

Resolutio

Switch to gPXE as per DOC-46506

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