KVM guests cannot boot PXE "local"
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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