Questions tagged [pxe]
Preboot Execution Environment
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ESXi 6.0 PXE boot
i try to provision a ESXi 6.0 server with Foreman.
The networking configuration and the stuff above work's fine.
But after the reboot SSh and ESX Shell is not enabled.
Any idea's how to fix this?
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Use grub2 (PXE) to boot local OS
I have set up a tftp server and put grub2 essentials generated by grub-mknetdir to the root of the tftp server.
What I want is just to boot the local OS from the grub2 on the server because I can ...
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PXE Boot Proxmox
I followed this guide to set up a PXE server on an ubuntu VM. Instead of the DHCP server on that same server though, I just configured OPNSense to use that server.
I made the boot image using this ...
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PXELINUX network booting an ISO file
I'm trying to boot through the network with the help of PXELINUX. I've installed the necessary tools using the official Syslinux documentation.
My PXELINUX configuration file (/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/...
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linux freeze with pxe when there are more than 1 network interface
I have setup 2 virtual machines with virtualbox:
the 1st (named server after this) one acts as dhcp (isc-dhcp-server) and tftp (atftpd) server
the other one (named "client" after this) as a diskless ...
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How to install PFSense via PXE
I was wondering if anyone knew how to install PFSense using a PXE server. I am currently using CentOS 7.4 acting as both the DHCP and PXE server.
What I have tried:
Using Memdisk to load the ISO / ...
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How to maintain 40 copies of the same computer installation?
I serve 40 fixed installed terminals (with touch screen, no mouse nor keyboard connected) in an environment. These 40 PC's all have a slimmed version of Ubuntu and Chromium installed, as their only ...
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PXE Boot Lenovo Ideapad Miix 510 with USB 3.0 Ultra Dock
I'm attempting to image a Lenovo Ideapad Miix 510 (Win10) using SCCM 2012 R2. Since the tablet has no natural ethernet connection, I have it hooked up to a Lenovo USB 3.0 Ultra Dock. I am able to see ...
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PXE-E53: No boot filename received when installing windows from USB
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 and I've downloaded Windows 10 and put the .iso file on a usb drive. I've updated my BIOS to UEFI and chose to boot from the USB. I'm getting the following error:
PXE-E53: No ...
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How to restore a computer to a saved state on boot up? [closed]
Some computer labs and internet cafes have software that resets the hard drive when the computer is rebooted. This is great from a support perspective, because most problems could be solved by power ...
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Change bootorder on Dell computers with UEFI
Does anyone know a way to change the bootorder from inside the OS (Windows 7/10) on Dell computers?
It is working fine with legacy mode and using cctk but does not seem to have any effect when the ...
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How to separate DHCP and BOOTP?
Right now I have setup with "router" PC with 2-LAN-ports-motherboard under WS2016. It routes packets between LAN and Internet. Also it assigns DHCP addresses, provides BOOTP for diskless boot LAN ...
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Booting from USB via PXE
I have a computer where I am only able to network boot. I need to boot from a USB drive, is there anything I can use to network boot and then boot from USB?
Another solution would be to PXE-boot a ...
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Getting Hyper-V PXE boot to "fall through" to the next boot device
I've got an environment where machines on the network all PXE boot as their first boot option. Depending on server configuration, each machine will either PXE boot into a custom task, or will just do ...
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Network/PXE booting a split filesystem
I'd like to boot different operating systems over the network but the PXE client should not be directly connected to the system hosting the filesystem mostly for security reasons. My idea was to use ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 PXE Netboot PreSeed Install
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 via PXE. I'm serving the CD from TFTP/HTTP. I've verified that HTTP files are serving and that that NFS sub-directories are mountable . My problem is that when I ...
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How to PXE boot over WAN
I currently have a Debian PC and a Raspbian Raspberry Pi on my home network behind my router. The router has a port open for me in which I can ssh into the rPi when I'm away, and then once I'm in the ...
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Is there a default conf file to build a kernel for pxe booting
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I am trying to build a kernel to pxe boot Clonezilla. I think the one that comes with the live CD has issues pxe booting.
So I need to build a kernel and so far all my attempts have ended ...
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How can I PXE-boot SystemRescueCD with pur TFTP (no HTTP or NFS)?
As a base I started with the configuration of TFTP-PXE-Boot-Server. But now I also want to boot SystemRescueCD (version 2017-06-11) with using PXE.
I downloaded the ISO image and then on the TFTP-...
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Difference between PXE boot and PXE install
I was tasked with installing Linux on different machines for my university and I did it by using PXE. At least I thought I did. I followed a guide and now I'm able to boot via network, but only one PC ...
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How to have PXE boot try forever to boot?
Sorry for asking maybe a stupid question, but I'm kind of stuck. I have configured my system to boot from network (PXE boot), but now I want to check that it keeps trying to boot even if the dhcp ...
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Computer doesn't boot up, shows PXE error and/or "operating system not found", "no bootable device", "insert boot media", or other similar error
My computer no longer boots Windows or the installed operating system. Instead, I may get this error:
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
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Check cable connection!
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM.
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Windows 7 unattended installation using PXE
I have followed this blog and I am able to install Windows 7 over a PXE Server and Samba shares.
But this installation process is not completely automated. It boots the system using WinPE image ...
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Unable to TFTP clonezilla files from WDS' TFTP server during PXE boot
I installed Windows Deployment Server and I've modified my PXE boot menu so that I can boot different kernels (which works). Now I'm trying to set up CloneZilla to also PXE boot but I can't get the ...
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How to PXE boot with ARM?
I'm trying to setup diskless UEFI + PXE + NFS booting for CentOS 7 on ARM. Generally, the process looks like this:
Client CPU boots UEFI firmware
Client UEFI's PXE firmware requests DHCP from the ...
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Master VM cannot pxe boot Slave VM
I have two virtual machines: master VM and slave VM (they are not nested).
Both are created using KVM and libvirt. (Using Vagrant to simulate the virtual environment)
I am trying to PXE boot the ...
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UEFI Mode PXE Booting Doesn't Work
I'm attempting to automate Linux deployments for our department using PXE booting. I've been able to successfully set it up for legacy boot, but UEFI still seems to elude me.
I've been mostly ...
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How do I boot over LAN/PXE without a router?
I have 2 computers connected by Ethernet I would like to boot one from the other over PXE using Ethernet.
Do I have to have a router to do so or can I skip it? I would like to boot a linux distro on ...
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Install Linux using PXE
I'm trying to install Linux using PXE Boot. I've set up the server and is running. When I try to get the pxelinux.0 file using tftp it succeeds to get the file.
You can see in this video what is ...
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Boot Freedos 1.2 from PXE Server
I have been scouring sources for a while and I can't quite figure out how to boot an old 486 with a new NIC via PXE. What I want to do is boot FreeDos 1.2. During the boot sequence the NIC looks for a ...
