ipxe With Http Boot Configuration

[keyurparmar]

Hello Frnds,

I am new in this
I want some help from you for configure the ipxe to boot winpe via http.

Thanks
Keyur

[robinsmidsrod]

http://ipxe.org/howto/winpe

[shahd00]

Hello.
I am experiencing difficulty with using wimboot with iPXE to boot Windows PE via HTTP.

I have 2 machines.

Machine 1 is a laptop with the following installed:
Windows 7
IIS (default settings)
Tftpd32 running dhcp server only
A directory named "/inetpub/wwwroot/win7/" with the following files:
bootmgr
BCD
boot.sdi
boot.wim
boot.ipxe
wimboot

Machine 2 is a Desktop set up for PXE booting. I am using an image of iPXE on CD to boot from.

On machine 2, I press "ctrl+b" to get the prompt and then enter the commands:
dhcp
"boot http://my.web.server/<path-to-boot.ip...;boot.ipxe" (without quotes)

I followed the steps in http://ipxe.org/howto/winpe and am getting a "Connection timed out" message after about 10 seconds, after I type:
"boot http://my.web.server/inetpub/wwwroot/win7/boot.ipxe"

Am I typing in the 2nd command correctly ?

Does the "Timed Out" message mean the script file "boot.ipxe" was partially read before the time out OR that the script file "boot.ipxe" could not be accessed ?

Thanks

[robinsmidsrod]

If you include the ipxe.org URL you get in the console with the error code we might be able to tell which one it is. My guess is that you don't have a properly configured DNS server on your network. iPXE doesn't understand zeroconf, bonjour, avahi, wins or other name resolution methods. You need DNS name resolution to work properly. Also try out fetching the files from the specified web server with a browser to make sure they download properly. If you test with wget or curl it's even better.

If everything fails, try to take a picture of the screen with a camera and post it here.

[ArneLovius]

(2013-02-27 15:43)shahd00 Wrote:  Hello.
I am experiencing difficulty with using wimboot with iPXE to boot Windows PE via HTTP.

I have 2 machines.

Machine 1 is a laptop with the following installed:
Windows 7
IIS (default settings)

you will need to alter IIS to allow the files without extensions to be served

This is for IIS 7.5 on 2008r2, but you might find it useful

http://forum.ipxe.org/showthread.php?tid...72#pid8772

[shahd00]

(2013-02-28 13:45)robinsmidsrod Wrote:  If you include the ipxe.org URL you get in the console with the error code we might be able to tell which one it is. My guess is that you don't have a properly configured DNS server on your network. iPXE doesn't understand zeroconf, bonjour, avahi, wins or other name resolution methods. You need DNS name resolution to work properly. Also try out fetching the files from the specified web server with a browser to make sure they download properly. If you test with wget or curl it's even better.

If everything fails, try to take a picture of the screen with a camera and post it here.

Hello,
The ipxe.org URL is " http://ipxe.org/4c116035 ".
I am not using a DNS Server. Do I need to ? Can I simply use an IP address instead ?
I will try to 'fetch' some files meanwhile.
Cheers

[robinsmidsrod]

You can of course choose to only use IP address, but that error does indeed say that your DNS server is not responsive. Either setup a DNS server or use an IP address.