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On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 04:59:32PM +0000, RAMSEY, ROBERT T II CTR USAF AFMC AFLCMC/EBO, Armament Operations wrote: > Hello, > > I've been trouble-shooting an issue were I was unable to PXE boot/install > Windows 10 in a RHEL 7.4 KVM VM from a Server 2016 WDS. Note that RHEL > 7.4's KVM VM uses iPXE v1.0.0+ for its PXE boot loader. > > After many hours of trouble-shooting, I finally came up with a work-around > that allowed an unattended iPXE boot/install within the KVM VM. I had to > change the (DHCP Server Option 67) "Bootfile Name" on the WDS from this: > > C:\RemoteInstall\boot\x86\wdsnbp.com > > to this: > > boot\\x86\\wdsnbp.com > > I've attached screen captures of the healthy KVM iPXE boot process and WDS > server "Bootfile Name" setting. > > Although the solution I came up with was to make a modification on the WDS > server, that doesn't make it a Microsoft/Windows problem. The WDS > configuration change is a work-around specifically for iPXE compatibility. > The "C:\RemoteInstall\boot\x86\wdsnbp.com" syntax previously used works fine > with a multitude of other PXE boot loaders. > > A friend and I just spent 60+ labor hours trouble-shooting this issue that > seems to only exist between iPXE (used in KVM) and Server 2016 WDS. Wow, respect! Thank you for making the extra effort for reporting a documentation request. You are my example. Previously I did use unexpect long searches as an excuus for _no time for doc improvement_ > Any chance you could add some compatibility information to your website Website https://ipxe.org/ is actually a wiki. However not all page are writable for each registered user. A possible way to get "protected pages" changed, is changing a duplicate of it and report that here on the mailinglist with the request for merge. > concerning this issue (to help others with a similar issue)? Any chance > you'll release a version if iPXE that is more compatible with or tolerant of > possible WDS "Bootfile Name" syntax? > > > Thanks, > Rob > <snip/> > > > Server_2016_WDS_Bootfile_Name.png > Server 2016 WDS "Bootfile Name" configuration > That screenshot plus the text > boot\\x86\\wdsnbp.com is the important information Cheers Geert Stappers _______________________________________________ ipxe-devel mailing list ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel