Questions tagged [pxe-boot]
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.
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DHCP server does not provide correct filename for PXE
I'm trying to configure PXE server for both Legacy/UEFI support. So I need to provide different bootloaders based on architecture of machine.
Here's part of dhcpd.conf:
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Setting up PXE server in an school environment
I am starting the research phase of setting up a PXE server to cover a Junior High School campus but have never done so and have a few questions that pertain to our School District networking setup ...
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netbooting CentOS via PXE and UEFI : unable to mount root over nfs -- failed to switch root path /sysroot
Last weekend, I went down the rabbit hole of trying to netboot rockylinux on raspberry pi 4.
I was able make it work as far as being able to boot the kernel. But I fail to properly nfs mount root. I ...
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Centos 7 dhcp server not responding to UEFI PXE DISCOVER
I'm trying to set up a Centos 7 server as a dhcp server for PXE (UEFI). I'be tried several changes to the dhcpd.conf file, but nothing seems to make a difference.
dhcpd.conf:
allow booting;
allow ...
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PXE with proxyDHCP server: What makes a DHCP client accept / ignore offers from primary DHCP?
I am considering a setup with a primary DHCP server providing "IP data" (IP address, subnet mask, DNS, …), and a proxyDHCP server providing only PXE boot options. As it happens, my proxyDHCP ...
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Boot configuration Data error during PXE boot after add VMware drivers
I have WDS and MDT installed on a Windows Server in my network. The WDS server is on the same subnet as the client machine. I am getting the following error on my VMware VMs when trying to boot ...
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Force sending DHCP options
I have a lab spectrometer that boots using PXE from boot files stored on a computer. They exist inside a local network with the computer acting as both the DHCP and TFTP server.
The spectrometer ...
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Setting up PXE using Windows Server & Tiny PXE Server
I am trying to setup a small PXE/bootable OS > Desktop for testing. I want to boot the OS over network. I am using the built in ISCSI option in Windows Server and Tiny PXE Server. The PXE part ...
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32-bit Linux UEFI network booting
I am trying to boot temporary Linux via UEFI network boot, and I need it 32-bit x86. Only 32-bit live distribution I know is RescueCD which seem to have no EFI stub in kernel to boot. I was trying to ...
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Kickstart for CentOS9
Is there a kickstart feature in CentOS9?
When I try to install system-config-kickstart I am getting the following message
No match for argument: system-config-kickstart
Error: Unable to find a match: ...
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After installing ubuntu server error PXE-E53 and PXE-M0F on Fujitsu Primergy S1
My server was running on Debian 11. I have wanted to reinstall it with a new Debian version and after installation, it wrote me:
Please remove installation medium, then press Enter
I have removed the ...
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PXE Images Losing Active Directory Trust
I'm using a PXE booting system which relies on Windows 10 VHDs to boot from in order to image across all our clients with a clean image upon every reboot. Problem is we rely on Active Directory for ...
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With a Bridged ethernet connection to a virtual machine is the Host's firewall going to be passed through in-route to the vm's ip address?
Ok so some background: I have a linux virutal machine running a pxe server who's setup I copyied from my physical linux server that I setup in the past for booting a headless system. It works and ...
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Cloud-config: Implement hostname from DHCP and user interaction
How to use PXE boot and cloud-config to dynamically specify the hostname, i.e. get it from DHCP and also implement user interaction?
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Spacewalk kickstart installation does not automatically begin until the enter key is pressed
I am trying to automate the linux installation process using Spacewalk 2.10. Everything else seems to be working, except I have to select the boot option by manually pressing the enter key. Otherwise, ...
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DNSMASQ-TFTP failed sending file for PXE boot
2 month ago my PXE installation worked perfectly, now it can't send the file grubx64.efi to begin the PXE installation.
juil. 08 08:03:05 install-server.my.domain dnsmasq[5913]: started, version 2.79 ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 desktop pxe boot fails with no live file system on network
I have configured a ubuntu20 desktop pxe boot using nfs but it stops saying unable to find a live filesystem on the network, but ubuntu18 works fine in the same server can anyone help me.let me know ...
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No DNS on PXE booted Linux Live System with NetworkManager
I've built a custom Debian Live CD (using live-boot and containing a kernel, initrd and a filesystem.squashfs) which includes specific tools we regularly use. The Live CD works flawlessly if booted ...
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PXE boot failing on RHEL install; PXE-E79
i'm trying to install RHEL 9.0 on a gigabyte motherboard, Product Name: H170M-D3H-CF. My dhcp setup has worked in the past, so I don't think the dhcp is the issue. I know that something is going ...
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During which dracut hook can a PXE client rename predictable interfaces names with a udev rule?
tl;dr: During load of an initramfs (execution of dracut modules) on a PXE client, I need to rename the kernel-given (predictable) interface names (right now they're unpredictable ethX names). This way,...
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dnsmasq - failed to bind DHCP server socket: Address already in use - DHCP proxy
I have some issue with dnsmasq. I'm trying to use the existing dhcp that is provide by my router to create a pxe server but dnsmasq give me an errror.
/etc/dnsmasq.conf :
port=0
log-dhcp
dhcp-range=...
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Two DHCP, One PXE
I am trying to figure how to build a specific topology in our servers, but mostly I want help on theoretical level.
I understand that you can have 2 DHCP servers on a same network as long as they have ...
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Immutable/ephemeral W10 desktops
(As reader may guess, I'm more familiar & comfortable in the Linux/POSIX world, so please keep that in mind)
I'm in the process of rebuiling n+20 laptops, intended for semi-public use (MakerSpace: ...
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Using a compressed initrd when pxe booting
I'm using netboot/pxeboot with grub.
menuentry "Install Ubuntu 20.04" {
set gfxpayload=keep
echo 'Loading vmlinuz ...'
linux /tftp/vmlinuz ip=dhcp netboot=nfs nfsroot=10.0.0.20:/data/...
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How would I configure grub to skip the menu or set a timeout?
I was able to successfully configure PXE and pressed to get an entirely automated install running except for 1 issue: The GRUB menu pauses indefinitely until the user selects an option.
I've got my ...
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Switching from WDS to MDT
I am in the process of moving from WDS to MDT. I will be installing MDT alongside WDS on the same box. The concept I am not grasping is at what point in this process will clients pxe boot to the MDT ...
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How to PXE Boot VM on VMware Workstation without using a TFTP server?
I'm trying to PXE boot a vm made by VMware Workstation on my local machine. On a separate subnet I have the PXE server and DHCP server. I do not want to use a TFTP server or use IP Helpers.
When I ...
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Why do I get an error when connecting to a tftp server PXE-T00 pxelinux.0 filename too long?
As a DHCP server, I have a Mikrotik configured with options 66 and 67.
/ip dhcp-server option
add name="option66" code=66 value="s'10.10.14.200'"
add name="option67" code=...
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How to automatically install different operating systems based on server specifics?
I have a lab of servers that need to be rebuilt frequently. I currently have a PXE server on a special vlan that can automatically install a single OS without human interaction.
How would I expand ...
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After installing any OS (bios is set to UEFI), the boot order constantly changes (windows and linux installs). How can I disable this "feature"
Have numerous different servers (primarily Dell) that we are installing through pxeboot. After the OS is installed the first time, the UEFI boot sequence is automatically changed to allow the OS to ...
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Problems with WDS on different subnets
I'm setting up a WDS (Windows Deployment Service), the WDS server is in a different subnet than the clients that need PXE.
These subnets are connected through a VPN tunnel.
Routers are pfsense.
But on ...
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How to share ISO files over PXE without mounting?
I have setup a PXE server with a local HTTPD server to host the ISO files
the config looks like
vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/pxeboot.conf
Alias /centos-st8 /var/pxe/centos-st8
<Directory /var/pxe/centos-...
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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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Create a /tmp partition that uses filesystem type of tmpfs in kickstart?
I'm writing a kickstart script to use when PXE booting to automatically configure new systems with basic settings. I've got everything working except for the partitioning of the boot drive: my /tmp ...
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How to troubleshoot tftp issues with some (but not all) clients
I have a working PXE server using Puppet Razor (now end of lifed, but we still need it to work a little longer). It has built hundreds of systems for us.
I can go to most systems here and manually ...
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Is it possible to deploy fully configured CentOS 8 installations over PXE? Non-interactive
I have ~30 machines scattered around a ship that management wants to use to show our web app.
I have a central virtualisation cluster with a mirror and PXE server on it.
I've been able to PXE boot ...
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Preseeding debian 11 fully unattended (get rid of questions)
I'm trying to preseed debian 11 netinstall fully automated.
I read many of the documentation here :
Here is my boot line (from a grub.cfg)
set default="autoinstall"
set timeout=3
menuentry &...
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LibVirt: PXE-boot over HTTPS?
The title summarizes it all. I have a VM solution that involves LibVirt, QEmu, and KVM. PXE-boot over HTTP works, but doesn't work on HTTPS. There are no firewall problems, I've checked that already.
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How to solve chicken or the egg issue with client TLS certificates on a physical host?
I don't understand how to solve chicken or the egg problem when automating the installation of the servers.
I have a series of servers which can be rebuilt through PXE. When a machine is being rebuilt,...
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Multiple PXE server separate from DHCP
I work in an enterprise environment. We have many locations, each with many subnets, and both Linux and Windows everywhere. DHCP servers are centrally located for everything (Or rather, we have 2 each ...
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PXE boot pmagic with wget or TFTP after kernel
I wish to boot parted magic by PXE.
I have read this article on the topic: https://partedmagic.com/pxe/
where it states that you can either load the entire iso, prepare the squashfs file and load it ...
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ESXi installation PXE boot with GRUB on BIOS (not EFI)
all documents mention syslinux/pxelinux as a way to pxeboot ESXi installation, but I'd like to stay with GRUB 2. How to do that?
I'm able, of course, to load GRUB 2 via network (i386-pc/core.0 for non-...
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PXE Server on Centos 8, Windows DHCP and DNS on same network. Clients not receiving bootfile
I have a Windows AD Domain running on Windows Server 2019, it has DHCP and DNS in addition to AD. I'm trying to setup a PXE server on a different machine running CentOS Stream 8. I got the PXE server ...
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Ubuntu install with pxe boot (UEFI)
Do I need to create a special configuration to install an ubuntu server with uefi over network pxe boot? I have on my boot server the default pxelinux.0 file. After installation of a new hardware i ...
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Requirements to achieve Jumbo Frame (mtu = 9000) with PXE Enabled networks
What I should be looking for when trying to enable Jumbo Frames in networks that relies on PXE for server booting?
As far as I know I must have:
Network switch capable of MTU >= 9000
The ability ...
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how to load grub with menu in ipxe setup
I am trying to setup an ipxe environment on a vmware.
I would like to configure the setup with UEFI.
I have setup a ubuntu-server and configured it as pxe-server.
via downloading ipxe, isc-dhcpd, tftp-...
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Define multiple filename options in DHCP config based on different range
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I am trying to use a centos box for DHCP and TFTP function, for iPXE boot.
I have one subnet configured for DHCP, but it has multiple ranges and each range has a different iPXE boot URL.
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stuck at PXE boot dracut command (PXELINUX DEFAULT) on Virtual Box
My Setup:
Virtual Box Version 6.1.22 r144080 (Qt5.6.2)
Windows Version: 10
Running Two VM's :
1 VM : Centos 7 hosting DNS, TFTP, DHCP, HTTPD with two network card --> 1 card Host-only Adapter ...
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HPE Proliant Gen10 Stack Fault Exception during PXE boot with UEFI
I am trying to pxe boot a HPE Proliant Gen10 using UEFI BIOS with RHEL (have tried both 7 and 8) and am getting a stack fault exception after the server receives the first boot file (shimx64.efi):
HPE ...
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UEFI-based laptops not displaying the iPXE boot menu
UEFI-based laptops not displaying the iPXE boot menu
I'm testing iPXE to replace the old PXE solution. For my test environment, I'm using CentOS 8 with iPXE, Dnsmasq and Apache installed from the ...
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