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Passing dhcpd options to kernel command line

Hi, I want to pass some options of the dhcpd to the kernel command line but some options does not work. The option `next-server` can be passed by using ${next-server} but `host-name` and...

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WinXP image issue.

Hello, i'm building some images for POS terminals based on WinXP Pro. 3 images completed perfectly without issues. In BIOS first boot devise is LAN, second HDD. I have ipxe menu with ability load iscsi...

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DHCP and HTTP boot

Hello, This is my first post. We are trying to setup HTTP boot using iPXE. We don't use TFTP server. Currently DHCP and Webserver is setup in Linux box. We are testing Windows server build using...

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Chainload iPXE from Grub2

Hi This is my first post, so hello to everyone. I searched the whole forum, but didn't find any solution for my problem. I have a GRUB2 which is loaded from TFTP server (booti386). When the computer...

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CentOS 8 kernel cannot be started from UEFI iPXE

Hello, I have spent the past week getting to know the iPXE project and have been familiarizing myself with chainloading iPXE and then installing things over the network. I have been able to do this...

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Multiple tftp interfaces on 1 virtual server for iPXE / WDS

Hello everyone! First of all: iPXE is great! Thanks for that! Here's my situation: Virtual Windows 2019 Standard Server on a VMware ESXi 6.7 for TFTP and iPXE. One network interface. The solarwinds...

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Network driver issue?

I have built bin-x86_64-efi/ipxe.efi from the latest ipxe git repo. No configuration options, clean. It hangs on the "boot" command after downloading Ubuntu kernel and initrd. Same ipxe binary works...

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Winboot failed to load WinPE greater than 600MB on Dell R640

Hi - I am getting below error on dell R640. The machine has 170 GB RAM. So memory is not an issue. It appears that on this hardware Wimboot can only work with 1GB of address space. The exact error is...

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Discussions has been moved to GitHub

New user registrations has been removed in this forum, as we've moved over to using GitHub Discussions. If you have something you'd like to discuss, questions to ask or other things to share regarding...

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what is the exit code once sanboot fail

I see the demonstration on https://ipxe.org/cmd/sanboot#command_status Failure Booting was unsuccessful I wonder what the exit code is once booting was unsuccessful? Will ipxe forward the control to...

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Running script to download image

Can I have IPXE execute my curl commands that download my kernel, initrd and filesystem.squashfs from my git repository?

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exit vs exit 1

Hey, using iPXE for automated server installs on a EFI Qemu-KVM. My boot using EFI order: - iPXE (cdrom) - DISK iPXE is chainloading information from an external service. If the system should rebuild...

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iso efi boot with memdisk

Hi, im'trying to boot sysresccd iso in a uefi machine, i have already setup dhcp and ipxe.efi with menu, but uefi machine cant boot iso image. The string i'm using in my menù is Code: sysresccd-uefi...

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Compiling problem

Hello everyone :-) I want to compile iPXE. I created a virtual Ubuntu 20.10 64-bit machine. I installed all packs which are listed on your website. I downloaded and extracted the zip from github. I...

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Can't load EFI file in iPXE that works fine in the BIOS EFI Shell

I am trying to use iDmiEditEfi64.efi which is part of the Intel Firmware Integrator Tools iDmi but can't get it to work within iPXE. Other EFI files load fine. But specific this one doesn't. It is...

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Boot into TrueNAS installer via iPXE

I have iPXE service setup in my network. It is working fine so far. I download a VyOS ISO installer and the installer in my iPXE environment and this is the iPXE script: Code: set inst-dir...

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Can I boot a from a BIOS PXE server on a machine that is UEFI PXE only

Hi, I am trying to boot off a server that only supported BIOS PXE clients. Have a new PC that now only supports UEFI PXE. Can I use iPXE to emulate a legacy BIOS PXE client on the new PC? Thanks.

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Issue with with SSL

Hi all, I'm trying to chain on a SSL URL and I got an error TLS 0xfb0d4 created session <myserver> https://<myserver>/<url>...TLS 0xfb0d4 received fatal alert 40 Operation not...

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Intel I350 with AlmaLinux9/Grub2 Network Issue

Ok this is a strange one. I uEFI pxe boot and get a menu. When I attempt to load iPXE it fails, as it does not receive an IP. My simple test is a file that just starts iPXE in shell mode. When I enter...

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Wimboot specifying wim index not working in version 2.7.4

Has any one else run in to an issue after updating to last wimboot(2.7.4) where index= (number) no longer works, and instead it boots the first index of the wim file? Updated from wimboot 2.5.2 going...

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