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Creating bootable USB thumb drive from PXE boot files

Looked around and Googled but could not find a similar question. It seems most people want to take a bootable USB thumb stick and convert it into a PXE boot image. I actually need to go in the ...
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Unable to boot into USB on HP Proliant DL160 G5

I recently purchased a used HP Proliant DL160 G5 to learn about servers and I am trying to install a fresh version of Windows Server via a USB installer. Unfortunately, I am unable to boot into my USB ...
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fdisk and parted won't work on a USB stick with Fedora 23 alpha 2 x86_64

So I burned a Fedora 23 alpha 2 on a 16GB USB stick through dd if=path/to/fedora.iso of=/dev/usb_device bs=512 I used bs=512 because the sectors on the stick are 512 bytes. Opening the stick in ...
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Blank MDT 2013 boot screen on USB Deployment

I am attempting to do refreshes on some machines and on the bootup of a USB drive with a LiteTouch Image I get to the Microsoft Solutions Accelerators screen but I do not get a window for actions. I ...
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Why did dd report a "No Space" error after cloning a USB drive?

In Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, I use this command to clone one Samsung USB GPT drive to another identical drive: sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sdc bs=16M conv=sync,noerror status=progress This operation ...
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how can I boot from usb device in libvirt qemu machine?

I pass-through a usb device like this: <hostdev mode="subsystem" type="usb" managed="yes"> <source> <vendor id="0x067b"/> <...
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Command to reboot headless Ubuntu Server 20.04 and boot from pxe or USB once?

Is it possible to issue a reboot command in Ubuntu Server that triggers boot from USB or PXE after reboot? Basically it's a headless system and I would like to run a backup tool without having to ...
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Are there other Windows PE autorun locations apart from startnet.cmd?

I'm trying to add some commands to a PE Windows that is booted from USB. I found this: Windows PE autorun scripts, saying that the "autoexec.bat" equivalent can be found here: \Windows\...
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Dell R230, unable to boot from USB

I have a Dell R230. I'm trying to install FreeNAS 11.3 and use an USB stick as boot medium. I tried three different USB sticks (all of which work for booting on other computers): - Kingston DTSE9 G2 ...
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Install Linux on USB pendrive for new servers

I wonder if installing (and running) Linux (CentOS, in this case) from a USB pendrive is a smart or stupid move. Please note that: I am talking about server environment, not clients; I mean full OS ...
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Ubuntu -> BSD bootdisk fails to format

I want to install pfSense via USB boot stick. I am attempting to follow the instructions here: https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Writing_Disk_Images#Linux.2Fother Unfortunately they're fairly vague, ...
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Disable USB 3.0 per boot

CentOS 6.X does not support the option to boot off of a live USB. The issue is that not always am I able to disable the 3.0 port in BIOS. Is there any way of configuring CentOS to only use USB 3.0 on ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 fails to boot in UEFI Mode

I have created a bootable USB for Windows Sever 2008 R2. By default UEFI is not able to find all the required files to boot from the media. After following this post the booting is enabled. Even ...
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Dell PowerEdge t610 will not boot ESXI installer from USB

I downloaded the ESXI installer from VMWare for V8. I checked and the MD5 matches with what's listed on the download. I'm using a Mac to write the iso to a known working USB (using DD) The server will ...
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