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The Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE, also known as Pre-Execution Environment; sometimes pronounced "pixie") is an environment to boot computers using a network interface independently of data storage devices or installed operating systems.

The Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE, also known as Pre-Execution Environment; sometimes pronounced "pixie") is an environment to boot computers using a network interface independently of data storage devices (like hard disks) or installed operating systems.

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WDS Server - How does DHCP scope option 67 work?

What is the purpose of DHCP option 67? I thought the PXE client will look for a boot.wim file. Does the boot file located in 67 (like boot\x64\wdsnbp.com) go out and search for the boot.wim? What does DHCP scope option 67 actually do and why do we…
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NFS /sbin/init with Qemu without initrd

TL;DR : I try to tell my kernel on a Qemu machine to start /sbin/init from an NFS server but I have a kernel panic (not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2,0)). I used the following command for that : kvm \ -netdev…
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WDS+DHCP+PXE in vSphere 6

I have a Windows Server 2012R2 virtual machine running (vm1) on host1. with two networks. The first network is for normal production traffic and the second one is configured for DHCP/PXE. When I create a new VM (vm2) and place it on the PXE network,…
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Does the HP LPE12002 support PXE booting?

The card is labeled as a LPe12002 (specifically this one www.avagotech.com/products/server-storage/fibre-channel-host-bus-adapters/lpe12002). The card is in a Gen9 HP. When I go into the BIOS I do not see the card listed, knowing that you have to…
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PXE Server - UEFI - iSCSI

I have an Ubuntu Server serving as an iSCSI Target. If I use PXELinux or iPXE with the the normal UNDIONLY boot method, it works fine. The problem shows up when PXE booting EFI boot images; I no longer can connect to the iSCSI Target. Are there…
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New devices failing to PXE boot to SCCM because of existing ItemKey

We have a really basic SCCM setup, a single server primary site servicing 26 Windows Server 2012 servers and about 450 Windows 10 desktops. We are experiencing a strange issue when PXE booting some devices (but not all) where a device that has never…
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default route for interface configured during PXE boot

I've got some systems that are provisioning SLES12sp1 statelessly - the systems come up with their provisioning interface configured, but no default route. On RedHat I'd set the GATEWAYDEV in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts -- but I can't find an…
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PXE Boot Does Not Pass Kernel Boot Parameters to /proc/cmdline Centos 7.2

I have a PXE boot server (everything is inside vmware) with a label that is configured as follows: label 2g kernel centosX64_7.2 append text nofb load_ramdisk=1 initrd=centosX64_72.img network ks=http://kickstart/ks/centos72.cfg…
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Selectively routing traffic on a single physical netork to two DHCP servers

I have 20 physical stations w/ 5 network drops at each station. All are connected via cascading switches to a central switch. On the switch are: an ASUS RT-N66U (semi)intelligent router with the embedded DHCP server handing out addresses to PC's at…
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MDT Deployment Failure during unattend.xml

I am attempting to deploy Windows 10 Education on a number of machines using WDS(for PXE) and MDT2013 Update 2 installed on Windows Server 2012 R2. The setup is failing right after the install os step, when dism is applying unattend.xml The error…
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Spacewalk/Cobbler system with multiple interfaces/MAC

I have bare metal provisioning set up with a DHCP/PXE server and a Spacewalk server. I'm using cobbler system records to match a machines MAC address to the system profile. Basically: cobbler system add --name=example --profile=example…
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VM acting as DHCP/PXE server in virtual network?

I'm working on a proof of concept for running Stacki, a DHCP/PXE server which serves out Kickstart PXE boot configurations to VMs within a given subnet. What I'd like to do is setup at least two libvirt VMs, where one is the Stacki frontend managing…
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How can I make Kickstart chose which build to run, depending on the subnet of the client?

I have 2 possible subnets that systems could be built in using Kickstart, with the subnet of the client directing which build should occur. How could I go about this? I have tried the following %pre scripts to little avail at the moment. Is on…
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PXE booting is failing

So PXE booting is failing for some reason. We have three separate networks, and it works on one network, but not for another. We're using SCCM. Our firewall is fine. Open or diabled TFTP is refused but the port is open and the service is running.…
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Unable to find file system erro in Debian Live CD over PXE

I'm having trouble setting up a Debian Live CD to run over HTTP with PXE. I can not see the problem, apache logs indicate 200 to request that accesses the filesystem.squashfs. The console looks like this: My pxelinux.cfg / default LABEL CLIENT …
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