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jalifrangisat
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Jan21,2008,11:48AM

PXELINUXandWDS(TheProperWAY)
Afterabout15hours,apacketsnifferandatonofgooglesearchinglater,IhaveasolutiontogettingWDS
(WindowsDeploymentServices)toworkwithPXELINUX

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Googledidn'tturnupanythingofusedirectly,everythingthatwasreferencedappearedtoberelatedtostarting
pxelinuxfromeitherWDSorRIS.Thatjustwon'tdo,sincetheyoftencangivehiccupsandlockupswhenstarting.
ThisSolvestheissuewithWDS:"WDSClient:TherewasanErrorInitializingWDSMode"
Thisallowsfulldisplayofallserverassignedbootoptions.
AdditionallytheproblemwasthatwhenstartingthePXEBOOT.COMfileyouhadtocompletelymovethedirectories
aroundtogetittowork.(movebootmgr.exeto\etc.)Thismethodneedsnothingofthesort.

here'sthecorrectwaytodoit:

1.GetWDSSetupwithatleastoneImage(YesVistawillwork)
2.SetupyourDHCPServertobootPXELINUX(AssumesMicrosoftDHCP)
a.PointOption66totheDNSNAMEofyourpxebootserver(boot.contoso.local)
b.PointOption67topxelinux.0
c.Makesureyourdnsserverislistedasoption44andcanresolvethatname
d.RestartDHCPServertomakesurethatthechangesareinplace.
3.StarttheWDSInterfaceinControlPanel
a.RightClickonservername(boot.contoso.local)clickproperties
b.OntabPXEResponseSettings:"RespondtoAllclientComputers"
c.PXEResponseDelay(5seconds)thistimingiscritical,youmayneedtosetitalittlehigherdependingonyour
networkarchitechture
d.OntheBootTab,Resetalltheoptionstotheirdefaults:"Boot\<arch>\pxeboot.n12"
e.DonotEnablethe"DonotListenonport67"
f.ClickApplyandCloseThisPanel
4.BuildaPXELINUX.CFG/DEFAULTfileaslistedbelowinFigureA
5.GetandinstallVMWAREoramachinewithapxeenabledbios
6.Reboottheclientandwatchitwork

I'mgoingtoputtheseuponmysite,andifPeterconsentshavethemlinkedsoIcanupdatethemregularly

Pleaseemailmebackifyouneedanyhelp/haveproblems

FigureA:(PXELINUX.CFG/default)

PROMPT0

DefaultWDSBoot
LabelWDSBoot
Kernel/boot/x86/wdsnbp.0keeppxe

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ryanmataccelrys
Jan23,2008,4:25AM
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Re:PXELINUXandWDS(TheProperWAY)[Inreplyto ]
On21/01/2008,JacobAlifrangis<jalifrangis[at]authenticlick>wrote:
>
>Afterabout15hours,apacketsnifferandatonofgooglesearching
>later,IhaveasolutiontogettingWDS(WindowsDeploymentServices)to
>workwithPXELINUX
>
>
>
>
>
>Googledidn'tturnupanythingofusedirectly,everythingthatwas
>referencedappearedtoberelatedtostartingpxelinuxfromeitherWDSor
>RIS.Thatjustwon'tdo,sincetheyoftencangivehiccupsandlockupswhen
>starting.
>
>ThisSolvestheissuewithWDS:"WDSClient:TherewasanError
>InitializingWDSMode"
>
>Thisallowsfulldisplayofallserverassignedbootoptions.
>
>AdditionallytheproblemwasthatwhenstartingthePXEBOOT.COMfileyou
>hadtocompletelymovethedirectoriesaroundtogetittowork.(move
>bootmgr.exeto\etc.)Thismethodneedsnothingofthesort.
>
>
>
>here'sthecorrectwaytodoit:
>
>
>
>1.GetWDSSetupwithatleastoneImage(YesVistawillwork)
>
>2.SetupyourDHCPServertobootPXELINUX(AssumesMicrosoftDHCP)
>
>a.PointOption66totheDNSNAMEofyourpxebootserver(
>boot.contoso.local)
>
>b.PointOption67topxelinux.0
>
>c.Makesureyourdnsserverislistedasoption44andcanresolve
>thatname
>
>d.RestartDHCPServertomakesurethatthechangesareinplace.
>
>3.StarttheWDSInterfaceinControlPanel
>
>a.RightClickonservername(boot.contoso.local)clickproperties
>
>b.OntabPXEResponseSettings:"RespondtoAllclientComputers"
>
>c.PXEResponseDelay(5seconds)thistimingiscritical,youmay
>needtosetitalittlehigherdependingonyournetworkarchitechture
>
>d.OntheBootTab,Resetalltheoptionstotheirdefaults:
>"Boot\<arch>\pxeboot.n12"
>
>e.DonotEnablethe"DonotListenonport67"
>
>f.ClickApplyandCloseThisPanel
>
>4.BuildaPXELINUX.CFG/DEFAULTfileaslistedbelowinFigureA
>
>5.GetandinstallVMWAREoramachinewithapxeenabledbios
>
>6.Reboottheclientandwatchitwork
>
>
>
>I'mgoingtoputtheseuponmysite,andifPeterconsentshavethem
>linkedsoIcanupdatethemregularly
>
>
>

>Pleaseemailmebackifyouneedanyhelp/haveproblems
>
>
>
>
>
>FigureA:(PXELINUX.CFG/default)
>
>
>
>PROMPT0
>
>DefaultWDSBoot
>
>LabelWDSBoot
>
>Kernel/boot/x86/wdsnbp.0keeppxe
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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IputupatutorialontheSYSLINUXWikiquiteawhileback.
Wastheresomethingamissthere?asIamusingWDS/RISwithPXELinuxona
dailybasiswithoutanyissues.
Astowhereyouaregoingtoplaceyourtutiwouldrecommendyouputiton
theSYSLinuxwiki..
http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/SYSLINUX

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RyanMcLean
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hpaatzytor
Jan23,2008,11:07AM
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Re:PXELINUXandWDS(TheProperWAY)[Inreplyto ]
RyanMcLeanwrote:
>
>Astowhereyouaregoingtoplaceyourtutiwouldrecommendyouputiton
>theSYSLinuxwiki..
>
>http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/SYSLINUX
>
Yes,please!
FWIW,http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/isthemainpage,theaboveisthe
onetalkingspecificallyaboutSYSLINUX(whichmaybeoughttoberenamed
FATLINUX,butthatsoundssocrass...)
hpa
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jalifrangisat
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Jan23,2008,11:26AM
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Re:PXELINUXandWDS(TheProperWAY)[Inreplyto ]
Lookingatthefaq,Thewayyoudoit,andthewayIdoitare
completelyopposite,whichshouldweuse?
Arethereimplicationstousingityourway?

1.Needsapasswordtogetintosyslinux(needtohaveanADSLogin
Name/Password.Needtobeanadmin)
2.TwoStageBoot,andRIStendstolockupsometimes.
3.IncompatiblewithVista'sWDS(OnlyworkswithRIS)
Mywaystartspxelinuxfirst,avoidingthoseissues.
I'mnotsayingit'sbetter,butItisalittlemorepolished.
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From:syslinuxbounces[at]zytor[mailto:syslinuxbounces[at]zytor]On
BehalfOfH.PeterAnvin
Sent:Wednesday,January23,200811:07AM
To:FordiscussionofSYSLINUXandtftphpa
Subject:Re:[syslinux]PXELINUXandWDS(TheProperWAY)
RyanMcLeanwrote:
>
>Astowhereyouaregoingtoplaceyourtutiwouldrecommendyouput
iton
>theSYSLinuxwiki..
>
>http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/SYSLINUX
>
Yes,please!
FWIW,http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/isthemainpage,theaboveisthe
onetalkingspecificallyaboutSYSLINUX(whichmaybeoughttoberenamed
FATLINUX,butthatsoundssocrass...)
hpa
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