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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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Shutdown computer with Syslinux - poweroff.c32 & acpioff.c32

Does anyone know how i could shutdown ACPI Bios computer (without APM) using Syslinux ? This is the configuration I am using : LABEL Shutdown MENU LABEL ^Shutdown computer KERNEL /tools/poweroff.c32 TEXT HELP Shutdown the…
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UEFI iPXE boot into debian results in grub shell

For a bit of context, I'm a sysadmin student, trying to expand my network knowledge since it's not my strongest point. Currently, I'm experimenting with PXE. A few days ago, I set up a few ESXi Virtual Machines, one being a DHCP and TFTP server, and…
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PXE boot to diskless thin client

I am trying to revive a school's computer lab. The lab's original sponsors discontinued their services and donated all the hardware to the school. The original setup was done on Ubuntu server that hosted 20 thin clients to also run Ubuntu. I was…
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PXE boot kernel panic

I am having trouble setting up a PXE boot server. I've got isc-dhcp-server running, tftp-hpa serves the files over tftp (verified works), and apache2 hosts the rootfs image. The PXE client seems to download the kernel and initrd files correctly,…
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PXE boot windows PE from Linux

I'm attempting to get a Windows Preinstallation Environment to boot over PXE from a Linux server. The end goal will be to install Windows but that's pretty easy once I can get WinPE to start up (I've got the samba share with the windows OS disk…
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Multi-part PXE boot not honoring next-server setting

I'm trying to boot LynxOS via PXE. The vendor provides a NBP named pxe.0. I then configure and build an image called pxe.1. These are placed on the tftp server, which is not the same system as the DHCP server. On boot, the system retrieves the…
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Installing multiple OSes at once via PXE

I want to set up a network installation using PXE to install multiple OSes. I found this guide that does something similar: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PXEInstallMultiDistro But what I'd like is to have 4 separate OS installations, on 4…
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Passing variables in kickstart

I have a kickstart file that takes a hostname in the %pre section. I cannot seem to figure out how to get it two the first. As you see it sends the server information to another device which then customizes the server based on another database. I…
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SCCM 2012, Lenovo X240, won't PXE?

Hey guys so I've been very succesfully OSD'ing various computers the past half year. Using a Task Sequence for Windows 7 Enterprise that I created in SCCM 2012 Machines include: HP 8200, Lenovo T61, T500 T520, even X230.. today I got some Lenovo…
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How to preseed options before network in Debian/Ubuntu PXE installation?

I'm trying to fully automate an Ubuntu installation over the network, but the preseed file is loaded only after the network adapter detection. Even with those options in the preseed file the installer always asks for this options: # Select…
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Error loading my BCD when trying to PXE boot to Windows PE

I'm trying to set up an ubuntu server with pxelinux, so I can boot Windows PE using PXE. On the client machine, I can see that pxelinux itself works, but the next screen is this: Here is what I did: Step 1: Installed tftpd-hpa and dhcp3 on the…
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PXE-E11: ARP Timeout

I am trying to do a PXE boot from a LTSP server connected directly to the client computer. My problem is, during netboot, it says: CLIENT MAC ADDR: 8C 89 A5 E0 6C 86 GUID: 000000000-0000-0000-0000-8C89A5E06C86 CLIENT IP: 192.168.1.7 MASK:…
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Installing Debian with PXE and preseed and dynamic IP address, but configure it finally with static IP address

I had setup an infrastructure for automatic installation of Debian based machines. It uses PXE booting with DHCP and TFTP servers, and preseed to automate the OS installation. What I want is: use DHCP for PXE boot use DHCP for Debian installer: it…
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DHCP: DHCPREQUEST issues

Maybe someone that knows more about DHCP and network that can help me out with this one. I've been thrown for a look with this for awhile now, so I'm reaching out to the ServerFault community. We migrated a server out of our production datacenter…
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PXE Boot an ISO with iSCSI information

High Level: I'm using pxelinux.0 and memdisk to boot a Windows PE iso. I then connect to an iSCSI lun and apply a Windows WIM. More information: Normally netboot/i is used to automatically assign clients their initiator name and target when they…
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