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I am using a Windows Server 2016 machine to host a Tiny PXE Server in order to install Windows 10 from Network Boot into another machine. Both machines are physical and on the same network.

Main Machine IP: XXX.YYY.ZZZ.A

Secondary Machine IP: XXX.YYY.ZZZ.B

I managed to connect both machines with the help of this tutorial video. The secondary machine downloaded the necessary files via PXE to start the Windows setup but after the loading screen (image) it gives me a black screen. I waited for over 1 hour but nothing happens.

I tried to change BIOS boot settings but it made no difference.

Microsoft Corporation

Bruno
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  • That doesn't look like Windows 10, though... – Michael Hampton Feb 01 '21 at 21:35
  • Can you really run Microsofts PXE stack without a special "answer server" these days? Maybe a log of transferred files could help determine where in the boot process it fails? I gave up a long time ago and is now a happy user of iPXE and wimboot - which makes this much easier and quicker. – NiKiZe Jul 13 '21 at 17:53

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you should probably use Serva instead.

Pat
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That error usually happen when the PXE can't load the full NIC driver inside the OS or a missing drivers completely.

Try on another machine platform, or add the correct NIC driver .inf inside the correct folder to slipstream the driver correctly for the target computer. See that page for a small howto (but the page seem old)

yagmoth555
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