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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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Servers network connection lost in an arbitrary fashion

I have about 300 server nodes using PXE boot process and with dhcp ip. Those 300 nodes communicate with a "central" server that is served as the PXE server and dhcp server. However those nodes sometimes may lose network connection (when a node loses…
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Centos 7 dhcp server not responding to UEFI PXE DISCOVER

I'm trying to set up a Centos 7 server as a dhcp server for PXE (UEFI). I'be tried several changes to the dhcpd.conf file, but nothing seems to make a difference. dhcpd.conf: allow booting; allow bootp; max-lease-time 120; default-lease-time…
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Boot configuration Data error during PXE boot after add VMware drivers

I have WDS and MDT installed on a Windows Server in my network. The WDS server is on the same subnet as the client machine. I am getting the following error on my VMware VMs when trying to boot LiteTouch over PXE: I can't figure out how to get rid…
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Force sending DHCP options

I have a lab spectrometer that boots using PXE from boot files stored on a computer. They exist inside a local network with the computer acting as both the DHCP and TFTP server. The spectrometer contains three components, two boot fine and one is…
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32-bit Linux UEFI network booting

I am trying to boot temporary Linux via UEFI network boot, and I need it 32-bit x86. Only 32-bit live distribution I know is RescueCD which seem to have no EFI stub in kernel to boot. I was trying to boot it via iPXE efi loader, which I am used to…
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Kickstart for CentOS9

Is there a kickstart feature in CentOS9? When I try to install system-config-kickstart I am getting the following message No match for argument: system-config-kickstart Error: Unable to find a match: system-config-kickstart Thanks everyone for your…
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After installing ubuntu server error PXE-E53 and PXE-M0F on Fujitsu Primergy S1

My server was running on Debian 11. I have wanted to reinstall it with a new Debian version and after installation, it wrote me: Please remove installation medium, then press Enter I have removed the disk and pressed Enter. Then it wrote: CLIENT…
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With a Bridged ethernet connection to a virtual machine is the Host's firewall going to be passed through in-route to the vm's ip address?

Ok so some background: I have a linux virutal machine running a pxe server who's setup I copyied from my physical linux server that I setup in the past for booting a headless system. It works and still works to boot the headless device. I am now…
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DNSMASQ-TFTP failed sending file for PXE boot

2 month ago my PXE installation worked perfectly, now it can't send the file grubx64.efi to begin the PXE installation. juil. 08 08:03:05 install-server.my.domain dnsmasq[5913]: started, version 2.79 DNS disabled juil. 08 08:03:05…
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Ubuntu 20.04 desktop pxe boot fails with no live file system on network

I have configured a ubuntu20 desktop pxe boot using nfs but it stops saying unable to find a live filesystem on the network, but ubuntu18 works fine in the same server can anyone help me.let me know if any info required default vesamenu.c32 label…
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PXE boot failing on RHEL install; PXE-E79

i'm trying to install RHEL 9.0 on a gigabyte motherboard, Product Name: H170M-D3H-CF. My dhcp setup has worked in the past, so I don't think the dhcp is the issue. I know that something is going between the dhcp server (also the kickstart server)…
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During which dracut hook can a PXE client rename predictable interfaces names with a udev rule?

tl;dr: During load of an initramfs (execution of dracut modules) on a PXE client, I need to rename the kernel-given (predictable) interface names (right now they're unpredictable ethX names). This way, the PXE client will always boot from a…
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dnsmasq - failed to bind DHCP server socket: Address already in use - DHCP proxy

I have some issue with dnsmasq. I'm trying to use the existing dhcp that is provide by my router to create a pxe server but dnsmasq give me an errror. /etc/dnsmasq.conf…
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Two DHCP, One PXE

I am trying to figure how to build a specific topology in our servers, but mostly I want help on theoretical level. I understand that you can have 2 DHCP servers on a same network as long as they have different address range. However there is no…
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How would I configure grub to skip the menu or set a timeout?

I was able to successfully configure PXE and pressed to get an entirely automated install running except for 1 issue: The GRUB menu pauses indefinitely until the user selects an option. I've got my grub configured with only a single menu option…
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