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XenServer 6.2 fails to boot on IBM System x3550 M2

I'm trying to install XenServer 6.2 on a IBM System x3550 M2 but it simply doesn't work. The installation process works fine in the internal Seagate hard disk, but the machine fails to boot XenServer on the IBM hardware. The syslinux loader don't…
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PXE localboot fails (timer doesn't countdown)

I'm currently using a Centos PXE server and everything in the menus is working great but no matter what setting I try for local boot countdown it doesn't countdown. It sets there with "Automatic boot in 20 seconds" and never changes. I had read…
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How can I create a ram root disk for pxeboot of xen dom0?

I've been able to successfully boot a xen kernel and dom0 by setting up things according to this link: http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Mboot.c32 However, I'm wanting my root partition not to be local, and not an NFS root. What I am wanting…
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opensuse syslinux in a submenu

I'm trying to create a netboot installer that allows installing various versions of linux. My TFTP server is dnsmasq from debian wheezy. I've got debian, ubuntu, and fedora working fine, but I'm having trouble with opensuse. Here's a snippet of…
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How to prepare custom Alpine Linux ISO for unattended installation

I am evaluating Alpine Linux to replace CentOS, Currently we prepare Custom ISO with kickstart for unattended installations. In my case from unattended I mean that deployer just put USB and after that installer finish without asking any input. For…
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syslinux pxe boot windows 10 with winpe iso - CDBOOT cannot boot from CD - Code: 5

I am trying to install windows 10 via network boot on a VM (later on, I want to do that on real computers). Therefore I use Debian 9 and VMWare 12. On my Debian system I have implemented an isc-dhcp-server and a tftpd-hpa-server. On top of that I…
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WDS is not started when invoked from SYSlinux menu

I've configured WDS to use syslinux (I'm using Syslinux-6.04-pre2), and my boot configuration is to work only with UEFI/64 With my current setup, Linux boots are starting correctly when I select it from menu and are working fine. But my problem is…
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Using pxe boot for usb installer

I have a disk image (A) with a custom installation of CentOS 7. This disk image is included in another disk image (B) which also contains an installation of CentOS (minimal) as well as an installer which is using dd to write disk image A to the…
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Serve isolinux.cfg from a network location

Is it possible to configure a boot ISO to pull its menu over the network? I'd like to have an install iso which could be dynamically reconfigured to install different versions of my distribution. I'd prefer HTTP but could live with a TFTP derivative…
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Is it possible to specify an answer file when PXE booting windows using memdisk?

I'm able to PXE boot windows from my Linux server using memdisk to mount a winpe.iso that: mounts two samba share drives, one for the windows install disk, and another that has answer files (each answer file is in its own directory). Then it…
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Kickstart "Unable to download kickstart file. Check parameter"

So I'm using 2 VMs (CentOS 6.0), one acting as a build server, the other is a new server I'm trying to build with a kickstart. When I start the VM for the new server (with the build server already running), It says "retrieving /default.ks", but…
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wants to use eth0 instead of em1 and pXpY

I am using Ubuntu server 13.10 and i am doing automated installation of Ubuntu server 13.10, After installation i wants to do network configuration automatically and for that i wants to put eth0 name as first network device and eth1 as second…
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Failed To Install syslinux on USBDRIVE with Mac OS X

I am creating Ubuntu Server 13.10 Bootable USBDRIVE with command line using Mac OS X, In this i tried to install Syslinux on USBDRIVE by using syslinux command by following: xxx-Mac:~xxx$ sudo syslinux /dev/disk2s1 here i am using disk2s1 for my…
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VMware ESXi 5.1 - isolinux.cfg - Boot from SAN LUN?

I've created a custom scripted install disc for VMware ESXi 5.1 U1. I am trying to have an option (default) to boot to local disk or in my case LUN 0 that is presented from the SAN. The Hypervisor is installed to LUN 0 which is attached via Fibre…
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I can not boot up from an USB stick while I am connected with Intel AMT KVM

This is very strange. I can not boot up from an USB device until I reboot and close the connection immediately. Then everything works well. I can not provide more information than this, because I don't know more. I don't even know, where I could get…
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