Questions tagged [pxe]
Preboot Execution Environment
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Debugging PXE booting problems with GRUB
I want to boot the current Antergos Live CD via pxenetboot.
To do this, I downloaded the ISO, mounted it and copied the contents into /tftp/antergos/.
Then I set up dnsmasq to offer tftp and used
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Diskless Linux UEFI boot fail at pivot_root wanting root specified, but how do I determine the root device?
We have need of setting up an EFI PXE server. I've successfully been able to get a test machine to boot all the way up until we get to the pivot_root portion of the boot process. Then I get the ...
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Windows 10: Start PXE over ipv4 error
I've had This problem when that I have seen a lot of answers to on the internet but none of the worked for me.
When I boot I get a black screen that says like initialisation complete or something ...
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UEFI syslinux does not load initrd over HTTP in PXE boot
I am trying to set up a GParted Live PXE boot and follow the PXELINUX instructions to set up the boot.
I've got it working with TFTP but now I want to switch the loading of vmzlinuz, initrd and other ...
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PXE boot uefi only using proxy dhcp
I'm trying to setup PXE booting and so far I can only boot in CSM mode. All my machines are UEFI capable so I only need to support UEFI.
When I try to network boot in UEFI mode >> Start PXE ...
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PXE boot fails over to preinstalled GRUB without error message
I am following this guide to boot up a minimal arch linux image via PXE. My system has an ASUS F2A85V motherboard.
When selecting the PXE boot in the boot menu, I get following output:
>>Start ...
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Clonezilla/DRBL and UEFI
I have been unable to PXE boot into Clonezilla/DRBL while in UEFI mode on a HP Notebook 15-ac180ca. While in Legacy mode I can boot into Clonezilla/DRBL (as long as I manually press the F12 (network ...
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ASUS F1A75-M motherboard - where is PXE boot in AMI BIOS 2.00, 2012?
I'm re-purposing a legacy computer, a short under-desk box with F1A75-M motherboard. I found the instructions on-line, I've been through every line in American Megatrends, Inc BIOS 2.00, version 2012. ...
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Centos 7 diskless client cannot mount NFS
I've spent the last few days learning how to set up a diskless client in a couple virtualbox machines, following the guide in the RHEL documentation. So far I have made it through the whole guide, but ...
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Auto start specific kernel using grub after a PXE boot
I've been working on getting a ipcop installation to work by PXE booting it from a FOG PXE server. When booting, it automatically switches to a grub commandline without booting into the ipcop ...
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Installing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS using PXE + preseed
Good afternoon, trying to set up Ubuntu 16.04 LTS installation with PXE-Server using a response file.
Installation is successful, but the problem is that after setting up, there are no network ...
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Kubuntu live cd via PXE on server 2012r2
I am attempting to PXE boot the kubuntu live CD ( prepped to be booted on a usb drive, then files placed on a NFS share with root acces read/write to everyone )
the PXE boot menu component launched ...
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Want HP Pavilion 10-e010nr to default PXE Legacy boot from wired network
Have Pavilion 10-e010nr note-book laptop. InsydeH2O 3.7 BIOS.
I want it to PXE boot from the network interface, in legacy mode, by default. I am the IT department.
Security:
There are no ...
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How to set (reset) PXE binary filename in pfsense?
I am trying to load lpxelinux.0 instead of pxelinux.0 in pfSense, and configured it in default bios filename setting:
Unfortunately, server still sends pxelinux.0 as a filename:
How to fix?
How to ...
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USB stick needs to be PXE bootable
I've created a bootable USB using Syslinux and Diskpart. The USB contains Windows-based software. Unfortunately for me, I now need to be able to PXE boot other desktops using only the USB stick. ...
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Use BCDEDIT to configure PXE boot as default boot option
I have a lab full of computers using UEFI that I want to always attempt to PXE boot before all other boot options. However, after automatically imaging a PC with Windows 8.1/Windows 10, the UEFI boot ...
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Static or Dynamic addresses when connecting to a SAN
Best practices question: I have many computers connected, in the same rack, to a SAN. The SAN talks iSCSI to the network, and will need to have an IP address to serve out storage. The question is if ...
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Do I need multiple network drivers for my PXE Windows 7 64-bit WinPE?
We are working on a PXE Server which is Linux-based with a Debian distribution. Our server is running fine and we can PXE boot clients with Linux distributions.
Now we are adding a Windows 7 ...
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HP Server not booting - "PXE-E53: No boot filename received"?
We have an issue with our HP DL360 G5 server not booting.
It starts up, but gets stuck at a "PXE-E53: No boot filename received" error.
Can you shed some light on how to resolve this issue?
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Serva Windows 8 Install: Network location cannot be reached?
I have a Toshiba z30-a1301 that I am trying to install Windows 8 on. The only way I am able to do it is through LAN boot. (No option for USB, no CD slot, no recovery partition).
I'm using Serva, and ...
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How to make an included menu / submenu / separate screen in pxelinux?
I have the following menu on my LAN:
UI menu.c32
PROMPT 0
TIMEOUT 300
ONTIMEOUT local
MENU TITLE In The Moon PXE Menu (Sagittarius-A)
LABEL WinPE64
MENU LABEL Windows PE x64
KERNEL /memdisk
INITRD /...
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Add EFI stub to vmlinuz
Is it possible to add EFI stub to vmlinuz?
I've been using ipxe for network booting installation images, problem is that in EFI mode ipxe is only able to boot newer kernels with EFI stub enabled.
So ...
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Booting an ISO over network with linux
I am looking for a way to boot an ISO image over a network from a machine running Linux in order to install multiple Linux distributions without the need of burning or writing anything.
I would be ...
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Places or books to start learning PXE booting [closed]
I am currently playing around with PXE booting and PXELINUX/SYSLINUX. I have tried LTSP , thinmachine, FOG project and some others. Currently I am trying to understand how PXELINUX is working under ...
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booting linux toold over PXE in UEFI moce
I've been using iPXE to setup a network boot environment in our lab, everything works fine in Legacy mode, but in UEFI I'm unable to boot some linux tools (like clonezilla, parted magic, etc), i tried ...
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How does WDS detect if a client is UEFI or Legacy?
I've been using WDS for a while, and now we want to move to iPXE and chain into WDS, but due to some DHCP issues (we are not the owners and cannot configure it) I'm unable to configure the DHCP ...
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CentOS - using PXE to install it on my host ( kickstart configuration )
I am trying to install an OS from our server through PXE ( Preboot Execution Environment ).
However, on my host, I have two disks say A ( /dev/sda ) and B ( /dev/sdb )
The default installation path ...
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UEFI & legacy PXE chain to WDS
I'm making a PXE server (CentOS 7) that will be able to boot legacy and UEFI clients, so far this works fine, but i also want to be able to boot into WDS via the linux PXE, I was somehow able to make ...
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Share VirtualBox OS through LAN to boot from another PC?
In my school, our computers are not really computers (confusing).
We have something like set top boxes that are connected through LAN cable to a huge server that runs Operating systems:
The server ...
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Unable to boot to tftp (unable to transfer files)
I am following instructions from this link:
http://www.cyberstreams.com/install-windows-7-network-using-pxe-booting-tftp/
I have followed till step 8. However i am not getting past from that step. I ...
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