Questions tagged [pxe]
Preboot Execution Environment
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Executing EFI Shell script via PXE
I want to have a way to execute low-level maintenance task via the EFI Shell and have a corresponding entry in the Boot Menu. It essentially should execute an EFI Shell script. From there I can call ...
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Importing multiple certificates in folder during MDT task sequence
I am using a deployment task sequence to call a Powershell script to install multiple certificates, but it is not installing them.
I am using the following in the Power Shell Script:
Import-...
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What are OpROM policies?
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Within my UEFI's GUI, I see two options:
Launch PXE OpROM Policy
Launch Storage OpROM Policy
...of which both can be set to either "Do not launch" or "UEFI only".
The ...
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Netbooting debian with NFS root but cannot get root access
I'm booting debian 12 via PXE and mounting / over NFS. This is seemingly working quite well. I created the disk by installing Debian from the CD onto a disk and mounting it onto /mnt/debian on my ...
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Where to download a Microsoft PXE image?
When I look for a Microsoft PXE image to download I can only find different tools which will build a PXE image.
Is it still possible to simply download a Microsoft PXE image directly?
Looking to make ...
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PXE Booting a Raspberry pi 4
I have a PXE and TFTP Server in a VM and want to Boot a Raspberry Pi 4 with it.
I want to serve a RaspberryOS image to the pi4 because I don't want to use a sd-card for it.
How do I need to configure ...
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PXE boot fails with PXE-99: "Unexpected network error"
I've configured a Kea DHCP server as follows (two different interfaces serving two different networks):
{
"Dhcp4": {
"valid-lifetime": 4000,
"renew-timer&...
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PXE (network) boot a computer with no or broken PXE support
Trying to PXE boot a device that just tries IPv4 and IPv6 and gives up few minutes later.
I came across iPXE and netboot.xyz trying to use them to get the computer to boot, and I got to a CLI. I ...
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How to create a PXEboot for tails OS?
I have a PC that can only boot from DD or network. It is standard bios (not UEFI).
I have managed to set-up a PXE boot infrastructure and I've been able to install different Debian based OS on the PC.
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Proxy DHCP via dnsmasq: Grub welcomes me, but then gets stuck
I am attempting to EFI PXE boot GRUB2 using a Proxy DHCP server... It worked just fine with this configuration, which simply replaced the DHCP server:
interface=enp3s0
dhcp-range=192.168.1.10,192.168....
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How to create an almost Diskless PC
TLDR: I want to install a linux system on a NDB share, but without a PXE/TFTP server (BOOT from a USB stick, and switch to NDB share as soon as possible)
Long: In my network I have a NAS which is ...
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Deploying Ubuntu 22.04 with PXEBoot using Syslinux
I have a functional DHCP, ftp and tftp server with a tftpboot directory in which the machines configured in PXEboot come to load syslinux without problems, from the network.
I am trying to install ...
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Modify BIOS settings from Windows
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I have several identical PC systems in the field, which are running Windows 10.
I can access them via RDP, but not physically (No Keyboard, Mouse, Display, etc.)
It's necessary now to ...
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Use Smartcard for PXE windows install
In our environment we mostly use smartcards for administration tasks in a Windows Domain (tasks such as sensitive NAS shares access, or RDP logons).
Recently, we started using PXE boot to speed up ...
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Use DHCP server from local network for guest system
I have a host system connected to with eth0 interface to the local network. Host system get network config from DHCP server that runs in this local network.
I want to test PXE related configuration of ...
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How can I configure iPXE menu settings to boot Plop Boot Manager?
I have created a big iPXE server based on an Ubuntu Server 22.04.1 system. I have entries for different Linux images, Windows installers and Clonezilla Live.
Now I want to include also an entry for ...
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I can't map a network share from PXE - WinPE
I have been working these days in deploying a iPXE server. I have made entries to several Linux distributions with no problem. Then, I started to add entries for Windows ISOs for Windows Installation ...
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Install Windows 98 through PXE
I have an old Pentium machine with a broken CDROM drive and no real way to boot except for PXE.
What would be a way to install Windows 98? Would it be possible to boot into a Linux distribution and ...
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Missing firmware to network boot Debian installer via iPXE using Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 NIC
I am using iPXE to network boot Debian bullseye via TP Link TG-3468 NIC. The network card is using Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15) ...
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How to test PXE from the commandline?
I am working on setting up a 'PXE boot server', if that is a thing; what I have to work with is a TPlink router (TL-ER7206 v1.0), which offers a DHCP service with 'option 66' which should be set to ...
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Installing Debian Bullseye ISO over PXE with
I have been struggling with finding a solution for this for days now, and it feels like I have missed something but I dont know what. I am trying to create a offline system with unattended Debian ISO ...
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Install Arch Linux (or any os) to a computer with no USB or ethernet?
I have a Microsoft Surface Laptop whose usb does not work. It had a short and the device is permanently disabled (I'm fairly certain it is broken hardware-wise). Regardless, that is the only port this ...
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How To Automate (Provide Answers) To Ubuntu Installer When Booting From NetBoot
I am trying to understand how to provide answers to the Ubuntu Server 20.04 network boot menu so that I can proceed to the next phase.
I am using Sys/PXE Linux and TFTP (tftpd-hpa) to achieve network ...
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PXE boot from physical computer and virtual machine doesn't happen equally
I've set up a WDS server and connected it to my local network switch. When I PXE-boot any physically connected computer with PXE 2.0 on that network, everything works just fine. It boots into Windows ...
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PXE Boot menu architecture based
Is it possible to hide/unhide PXE boot menu items? We have an x86 boot configuration for TinyCore. This works perfect with PXE boot. Now we want to add a Arm version of PiCore to the PXE menu so we ...
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Signed GRUB booting UEFI PXE Windows 10 PE, finally unable to find sbcpflighttoken.p7b and friends
I'm trying to boot Windows 10 amd64 preboot environment (PE) iso I created with Windows ADK + the "PE addon". I'm trying to use signed boot shim and signed GRUB for this.
First I use Debian ...
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How to boot from local disk using grub2 during a PXE boot
I have a working BIOS-based PXE boot setup that I established years ago on a Linux CentOS 7 server. In the pxelinux.cfg/default file, I have the following lines (among other menu entries):
LABEL local
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Recovery (restore) over PXE
How to do I restore my backup file (AOMEI or EaseUS) to multiple computers over the Internet?
How can I take a backup of my computer (Windows 10 Pro) after sysprep on the computer and restore it to ...
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Connecting to uefi PXE server with virtualbox, using a VPN connection
I am on a Windows PC running VirtualBox with nothing installed in.
My PXE server is in UEFI mode. I changed the option in VirtualBox to UEFI boot and the only supported card type is the "...
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kaspersky rescue cd freezes at welcome to grub when pxe boot
So I'am following the official guide for pxe booting the kaspersky rescue cd but when I boot it is freezes at "welcome to Grub".
I want to know what Causes this Problem and How to Fix it.
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PC stuck at boot after displaying PXE information
The PC hangs forever after displaying the following two lines:
Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.27
Copyright (C) 1997-2008, Intel Corporation
Pressing the keys usually bound to BIOS or UEFI functions (F2, ...
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Loading OS onto laptop via PXE
I have an old Lenovo Edge 15 80H1 which (long story short) has no OS installed. I want to rescue the machine, but I can't boot from a usb because none of the usb ports work. It also doesn't recognize ...
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How to resolve WSL2 port conflict with windows services?
I am on Windows 10 20H2 (Build 19042.867). I also using WSL2 with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Recently, after upgrading to SSD, I have a problem entering WSL2 with the following error:
wsl error 0xfffffff
press ...
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Readonly / filesystem immediately after install
I'm using pxeboot and kickstart to automate the installation of CentOS 8.
For some reason the resulting systems have a readonly / filesystem after install and its driving me nuts. What might be ...
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Dell Optiplex 755 boots to Network by Default
I have a PXE Boot Server That is used for installing Debian and MemTest86+.
Suddenly my Dell Optiplex 755 starts to boot to PXE Boot by Default Even know Debian is Installed on the System.
I can boot ...
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Serva Kali 32-bit live kernel panic no working init found
I am trying to boot an Intel Pentium 4 based 32-bit architecture PC through Serva PXE server.
I have set up Serva (https://www.vercot.com/~serva/) on a Windows 10 machine with the following settings:
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Can syslinux chainload an EFI file?
I am looking to integrate provisioning by PXE-booting from a RedHat Satellite Server with a Windows Deployment Server.
To do that, I want the (non-UEFI) syslinux bootloader from WDS to load another ...
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Configuring DHCP for Windows 10 Network Installations
While following a tutorial for PXE booting a Windows 10 Installation Media, the requirements mention using a DHCP server to do what seems to me to be intercept the DHCP broadcast and instead assign ...
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Virtualized real machine
how do I virtualize a computer with Windows? Of the genre, when a real machine boots, it will boot through eg pxe, and look for an operating system to run, on a server.
Does anyone know how to do this?...
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Install Windows 10 via PXE
I've been searching for a way to complete an unattended Windows 10 installation with only bad luck. I have found lots of information on loading and running 10 from a PXE server but nothing saying it ...
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PXE boot: TFTP file transfer fails
I am trying to PXE boot from a Windows 2019 server running tftpd32, as installed by CloneDeploy 1.4.0. The server's firewall is disabled. When trying to PXE boot (ipxe), the clients get an IP through ...
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Install Linux EFI-style but from pxelinux (legacy)
Since it's a complete pain to realize PXE booting via UEFI (I still have not achieved it and time isn't on my side), I tried a workaround by booting from pxelinux while still choosing UEFI-bootloader ...
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Can't see Windows Boot Manager in my BIOS setup
I have a Razer Blade 15. When I boot my device, a message is flashed which says,
Checking Media Presence.....
No Media Present.....
but this message is only flashed for a second and then my laptop ...
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Windows PE (Win10) access denied to fileserver
I want to install Windows over the network using PXE. I made the winpe iso, but when I try to access a mounted drive I get "Access Denied"
This is my start.cmd script for win pe:
wpeinit
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What is the difference between PXE and NETBOOT?
I have some confusion with these two terms. Perhaps they do the same job and the only thing that differentiates it is that NETBOOT is from Apple ... help me please I'm confused with this.
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PXE boot from syslinux?
I am trying to configure 2 boot options: one for PXE boot and one for local boot from the SSD. Is this achievable with syslinux? As far as I understand from the documentation and the source code, the ...
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How to clean install Windows 10 with a product or license key? [duplicate]
I'm considering buying a PC which comes with Windows preinstalled; typically I run Linux.
If I were to format the hard drive and install Linux so that Windows was removed from the hard drive, just ...
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how to copy, persist or save the license key for Windows 10?
Not normally a Windows user, but am considering purchasing a brand new desktop PC with Windows.
Is it even possible to note a license key for future use with Windows 10?
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Is there a real MacOS LiveCD/DVD/USB?
I want to make a non-persistent MacOS system in my Mac. I've searched, but I did not found anything working... Do you have any idea?
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PXE boot over routed network
I've bumped into interesting problem with PXE boot, while TFTP server resides on another routed (not NAT'ed) sub-net.
Setup:
Dell PowerEdge 640/740 servers with Intel x710 10g network cards.
Two ...
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