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PXE boot with iso image

TECH198 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 09:01:01 GMT

Has anyone done PXE booting using TFTP for Windows 10 ? I tried booting Linux iso (Ultimate Boot CD) image and it cannot find server

TFTP root folder has iso image in

I have pulled the syslinix.cfg file frm /boot folder of image and put it in settings and configured accordingly... Both VM's are in Host only.

Its not even hitting TFTP server as nothing in log viewer. What am i missing?

I cannot enter gateway because Host only doesn't report gateway when doing ipconfig /all from command prompt.

Re: PXE boot with iso image

Technogeezer — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 13:34:27 GMT

Is Windows Firewall enabled, and if so, are required ports unblocked?

Re: PXE boot with iso image

continuum — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:32:58 GMT

PXEboot of windows 10 is way more involved than you might think.
Did you already create an automatic setup with configuration manager ?
Did you already create a custom PE-bootimage ?
Did you already a win10-diskimage ?
....
If you thought you could get this to work by setting one parameter in Tftp64 you were wrong.

Re: PXE boot with iso image

TECH198 — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 01:50:52 GMT

ok... windows firewall is turned off for this to test. Ya, i kinda figured that, t i got Ultimate Boot CD anyway to partially work by pointing server to BIN file....

However, it error-ed before getting to menu

i think your right, more is needed... on windows extracted then.

No WinPE, but windows 10 iso.

Re: PXE boot with iso image

SchaalPatrick — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 03:46:53 GMT

@TECH198

First of all the DHCP Pool is set to 0 = means no DHCP range
Check: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vd51FVAWEA

also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2jOZ5tCmSU