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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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Linux diskless boot - NFS share not mounting during ramdisk boot

(This is my first post so hopefully I'm formatting it correctly). I've added in as much information as possible without being TL:DR. My basic issue is that I hit walls when trying to do a PXE diskless boot to an NFS server (CentOS 6.7 or CentOS 7).…
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How to automate RAID configuration, BIOS configs during PXE installs

Ok, since this got put on hold, trying to reword it to fit the format better. Business problem: As part of our automated install process of baremetal machines, we need to do some basic pre-work on the system before it can be configured. This…
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IPv6 only server PXE provisioning

We are currently preparing for IPv6 only network deployment and struggle to find a unique server identification. In our previous setup, we used mac address as servers primary identification. We were then able to assign the server always the same…
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WDS 2012 R2 Server

Background: WDS Server 2012 R2 (runs on a 2012 R2 Hyper-v server), DHCP server runs on a different server in a different physical LAN. Both Lans go into the same Layer3 switch. Currently all my clients that are using PXE boot are on the same LAN as…
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How does Bare metal provisioning to clients work with PXE

I'm trying to better understand how one would initiate the process of re imaging a number of client computer systems on a network. Eg, to reverse systems back to a base image each week. Each image would then be for example, windows 8 pre-configured…
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Provisioning DELL servers using only linux tools

We have taken delivery of a bunch off Dell Poweredge Rack servers. Unfortunately when ordering it was neglegted to ask for dhcp to be enabled in the built in iDRAC controlers... So they are all stuck on the same IP address. Which means that I'll…
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How does a host locate a PXE server?

I'm trying to PXE boot a Cisco UCS C260 M2. For the UCS, or a host in general being booted from PXE, is a PXE server IP specified in the BIOS, or is a PXE server searched for on the same subnet? The PXE boot configuration is not obvious to me on…
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Network boot from a non-default NIC on a HP ProLiant G7 server

I need to force a ProLiant DL380 G7 server to PXE boot from a non-default (not Port 1) NIC. So far I was unsuccessful in finding out how to do this, or if it's even possible. I will be very grateful for any suggestions!
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Automatically deploying Windows Server 2003 and 2008 unattended

We are currently using PXE boots to automate the installations and reinstallations of our dedicated servers. This is working great for all Linux based systems like Debian, CentOS, VMware and Ubuntu in combination with kickstart/preseed. However, for…
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Is there a way to force remove an SCCM 2007 Site Server?

One of our secondary site servers in SCCM 2007 has become corrupt. IIS, WSUS and WDS have failed. Unfortunately, in Server 2008 there is no way to repair these server roles. I have cleared the roles from SCCM and all but one role has cleared. I…
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PXE-E32 TFTP Open Timeout While Attempting to PXE Boot from Windows Deployment Services

I'm running Windows Deployment Services on Windows Server 2008 R2 on top of an ESX 4.0 box. This is the only function of this VM instance, although it had previously functioned as an AD Domain Controller. My DHCP server is running on our primary…
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How to boot a Hyper-V Virtual Machine with a PXE server

I am trying to boot a virtual machine created in Hyper-V Manager. I want to boot from the NIC so that the VM can connect to the PXE server (by pressing F12 numerous times). The thing is, I cannot get to boot at all. All I get is the classic: "Boot…
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What do you have on your PXE server?

Basically, what cool utilities does everyone have loaded up on a PXE server ready to use on any computer you netboot from? I've just set one up at home with the following: Clonezilla Memtest86 Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Netbook remix…
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PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA when booting Windows 10 from iSCSI network drive

I am trying to set up Windows 10 for diskless boot via iSCSI, as described, for example, here or here. I am able to run the Windows 10 installer to install Windows on the target iSCSI drive. However, on the first boot from the drive, I get a Blue…
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How do I stop Windows 10 Install from modifying BIOS boot settings?

We're setting up some systems to PXEboot via iPXE and, depending on a master server state, either boot normally or reimage via wimboot and MDT. The systems are configured to boot from the network first. iPXE and wimboot are both running under…
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