Boot from pxe

I have a PXE target on fedora... Is it possible to install Solaris-10 through this PXE target, if yes, please provide the steps.
Thanks in advance.

booty wrote:
I have a PXE target on fedora... Is it possible to install Solaris-10 through this PXE target,Yes, any PXE server should work (I'm assuming you want to install on an x86 client).
if yes, please provide the steps.Ah... That's a lot harder. The media comes with scripts that do the work on Solaris, not Linux.
There are several DHCP/jumpstart guides on the internet, including some for ISC dhcp servers (which is what any Linux distribution is likely to use). Configuring that properly is about 85% of the work. The rest of it is getting the netboot image file served by a tftp server and getting the NFS configurations set is the rest.
I haven't worked with that in a while, so I don't have any type of checklist that I am sure works.
Good luck!
Darren

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Screen resolution when PXE boot from WDS vs Install Windows 8.1 from USB

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I own a Lenovo ThinkPad T430s, X230 Tablet, and now have my hands on a T440. All three machines have UEFI Secure Boot enabled properly, i.e. Windows boot screen shows Lenovo logo instead of Windows logo.
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When booting from a USB stick however, using the same Windows 8.1 boot.wim (copied from ISO), the screen resolution in Windows Setup is detected correctly, and the Lenovo logo shows up.
This occurs on all three machines since MDT was upgraded to MDT 2013 or when I replaced Windows 8 boot.wim with Windows 8.1 boot.wim (as the Windows ADK 8 --> ADK 8.1).
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Hi,
When boot UEFI-based computer from PXE you should take more into consideration.
For some computers, you might have to perform additional steps to make sure that Windows is installed in UEFI mode, and not in legacy BIOS-compatibility mode.
Some computers might support UEFI. However, they do not support a PXE-initiated boot when in UEFI mode.
How to Create a PXE-Initiated Windows 8 Deployment for UEFI-Based or BIOS-Based Computers in Configuration Manager
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj938037.aspx
Especially for “Pre-Deployment Considerations”
If you still cannot find a way to make it boot from UEFI mode, you should contact with manufacture to confirm if PXE-initiated boot is supported.
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Does SCCM 2012 R2 supports PXE boot from Unix servers.

Does SCCM 2012 R2 supports PXE boot from Unix DHCP servers.
The client has DHCP on Unix servers. There are no Windows DHCP servers in the environment. Do we need Windows DHCP server for PXE boot.

You can use any modern DHCP server in your environment. DHCP is just used to help point the BIOS/Network Card to the right server, which in this case is your ConfigMgr Distribution Point with PXE Enabled.
It is strongly recommended to use IP Helper Addresses instead of the DHCP options though.
I hope that helps,
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Call litetouch.vbs from PXE booted WinPE

I'm not sure if anyone has tried this, but I thought I'd ask. What I'm trying to do is call litetouch.vbs which is sitting on an MDT distribution share from WinPE. I can call litetouch.vbs and pass in my paramaters to run a task sequence, but the task sequence
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MDT iso?
Thanks,
Rich

litetouch.vbs is included in the Litetouch WinPE image.
When you call it, it runs the ztigather.wsf script looking at the bootstrap.ini file. THe bootstrap.ini file will point to the correct DeployShare over the network if necessary, and the rest of the scripts will run correctly over the network.
What are you trying to accomplish?
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Sorry I haven't gotten back to this sooner, but I was out of the office yesterday.
I'm trying to boot from a generic PE image via PXE and then automate different types of server builds. Without derailing this too much, what we're doing isn't conducive to using MDT with a database so we're using a different tool manage what gets built/rebuilt.
What I was trying to do is similar to a post OS install task sequence where you'd call litetouch.vbs sitting on a deployment share. The PE image would run a command to get it's install script that gets dynamically generated for it. I was trying to then call
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say it was complete, even though phase got set to INSTALL. I really couldn't figure out why this was happening.
We've since moved on to using DISM to install an OS with a dynamically generated unattend.xml and then calling an MDT post os install task sequence, but it would still be good to know if it's possible to do it the other way too.
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Rich

OSD: What is the difference booting into winpe from pxe/media and booting in winpe from OS/Vista?

Hi,
We have a task sequence issue. Please see
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/56d783e3-214d-4027-84c1-c03cdf2013f1/osd-convert-boot-to-logical-path-failed-0x80070490-retrying-after-attempt-29-it-fails-and-says?forum=configmanagersecurity
for more info. What I would like to know: what is the difference/is there a difference between:
A.booting in PXE/bootable media to WINPE
B.booting from OS (Vista) into WINPE => will this load the x86 boot image (it doesn’t look like it, I CAN see the image loaded ….wim is exactly the same when loaded from OS)
The reason why I ask this: see link above: loading TS from PXE/media works fine, when choosing the exact same TS from WITHIN OS (Vista, 32 bit) the TS fails.
Note: we set the ts step format system disk to NOT run if _SMSTSMediaType is OEMMedia (set in order to not format if prestaged media). So if for some reason this variable would be set booting TS from OS?
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What I would like to know: what is the difference/is there a difference between:
There is none.
Starting a TS using Software Center will download the boot image that's assigned to the task sequence.
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match).
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Satellite P cannot boot from CD & PXE-E61 Media Test failure

No bootable CD in ATAPI - CD ROM message on power up.
Also displays PXE-E61 Media Test failure, check cable. PXE - M0F: exiting PXE ROM.
Bad feeling about this.
Can you confirm my worst suspicions please.

Hi
In most cases the HDD is dead and you will need to replace this.
The PXE Media Test failure message appears because the unit ties to boot from LAN.
I think you tried to boot from the disk but the disk was not readable and the unit switched to HDD.
But the HDD is not bootable and therefore the notebook tries to boot from LAN.

Cannot boot from Recovery CD - Error: PXE-E61: Media test failure

Recovery CD ( winXP home edtion ) can't boot the Toshiba satellite A40 Model# PSA40E-0EWDE-AR (SA40-261) Whenever I try to Boot From recovery cd I get this Error :
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
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but when I boot from any other cd (windows ME, WIN 2K, WIN XP Pro...) everything is ok.
Any Clue? Help me please
Thanks
Mesha

Hi
It seems the drive cannot boot up from the CD recovery and switch to the LAN boot.
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Booting from CD autmatically attempts to intsall via PXE

And I don't want that. I just want to do a normal netinstall from the CD.
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That's what I was starting to think. But I don't what I should change in my BIOS and I'm definitely not familiar enough with BIOS to feel comfortable changing any settings without instructions from a stranger from the internet.
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Just bought Satellite C855d-S5100. Not really happy with windows 8 so trying to install windows 7 but having some problems.
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After FLash, won't save CMOS settings, trys to boot from network

MS-6712 board, flashed BIOS, now 7/29/03 v1.9, with AMD XP 2500 Barton.
Win XP, plain old home computer on dialup.
I flashed BIOS, now it will not let me enter BIOS by pressing DEL key.
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F1 to enter setup, F2 to load defaults
Whell, did you try F1?
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When no CD in drive bios tries to boot from NIC??

I have homed in on my issue re: "invalid partition" problems upon boot. The situation is:
When Bios (K8N Neo2 Plat bios v 1.1) set to boot from Floppy, then CD, then HDD, AND WITH a CD in the drive, I get a good boot into XP Pro SP1.
If no CD in drive, or if bios set to boot sequence floppy, HDD, CD...I get no boot and a message that I have found all over the net but with no real resolution:
"For Realtek RTL81108/8169(S or 5...can't read my own writing) Gigabit Eathernet Controller beta v1.00 (030811)
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PXE-M0F: Exsiting PXE-ROM
Invalid Partition Table"
Now...what the heck is going on? I have read that this would seem to indicate the bios trying to boot from a network, but none of my bios settings indicate that. I've tried disabling Gigabit Ethernet in bios as well since I'm a home user and 10/100 is plenty, but no impact.
For now, I can just keep a CD in the drive but this is rediculous. ANy suggestions? Is this an issue with MSI bios 1.1 or Realtek Ethernet driver (I supposedly have the most recent verison, dated Aug 04)...???
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Similar error here..
I am booting up my system for the first time. It boots up past the Platinum screen, But then it gives me the following errors:
For Realtek RTL8110S/8169S Gigabit Ethernet Controller beta v 1.00 (030811)
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
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His fix was..
lol... I'll go ahead and tell you. I was getting all those weird errors.... saying files were corrupt and such. I noticed that in the bios it was reading my CD-RW drive as Slave and wasn't recognizing my DVD drive at all. So... I put the jumper for the DVD Drive on Master.... popped in the Windows XP CD and everything worked fine.
It's a long shot, but looks like he had a jumper wrong, and it fooled the BIOS into booting from a network.
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GUID FFFF....FFFF (whole lot of Fs) is the GUID of your firewire.
Like a NIC has a MAC address, a firewire port has a GUID. (lots of digits, more than a MAC)

W520: Unable to boot from USB - device does not show up in boot menu

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Hello Neil
Thanks for getting back to me
The issue was that the usb drives were disabled in the bios from the Startup menu.
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4. Select the device you require (in my case USB HDD)
5. Save and exit.
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Cannot boot from any device

Hej Lenovo...
I got a lenovo T60 and cannot use it... when i turn it on and everything is goes, it checks something and then writes:
PXE-E61: Media Test Failed, check cable
PXE-M0F:Exiting Intel Boot Agent
How can I fix that by my self?

What other devices have you tried to boot from? Is your HDD functional with an OS installed on it?
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Portege A100 PPA10A - Will BIOS update allow to boot from a USB device

Hi,
I have an Old Portege A100, Model: PPA10A-0002LP, but I can't seem to find that model on any Toshiba website, closest I've seen is the " PPA10A-0002L".
I'm wanting to see if there's a BIOS update that will allow me to Boot from a USB Device.
The issue I am having is that I need to reinstall Windows, but the CD ROm cant read discs.
It does Network Booting PXE, but i'm new to this sort of thing and have absolutly no idea what to do there.
Any help would be great,
Thanks

Hi
Portege A100 seems to be developed only for Australian market.
As you said there is a Portege A100 PPA10A-0002L model number listed on the Toshiba Australian page but the Portege A100 PPA10A-0002LP belongs to the same series which is PPA10A.
So in my opinion the BIOS should work too.
Anyway, I doubt that the BIOS update will add any further booting options.
Usually the BIOS support the booting from CD/DVD drive, HDD, LAN and USB FDD.
It should be possible to boot from a bootable diskette using an USB FDD drive.
I doubt you would be able to boot from USB ODD since this Portege A100 supports an internal CD/DVD drive.

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