ive been having trouble pxe booting to load window onto a laptop. well I can now get as far as making the install disk run but it ends up runningon both computers. my server has the install option but the laptop has it greyed out. any idea how to fix this so it will run install on the laptop.
cant install windows over network
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here are a couple of reads on it:
http://superuser.com/questions/42263/how-to-install-windows-7-from-the-network
Source machine:
This machine must have a static IPv4 address. This example will use 192.168.0.1.
This machine must have a Windows installation in a shared folder somewhere. This example will use .\win7
This example will log in to the source machine with user TEST and password test.
Use tftpboot to fire up a DCHP server (gives an IP to a computer when requested).
This will also start a TFTP server for all of the file transfers.
There should be a folder called boot\ in the tftpboot directory which contains an installation of Windows PE.
Start tftp64.exe (or tftp32.exe), open the settings, use default settings, and change:
•IP pool starting addresss: Whatever, the pool of IPs to draw from
•Size of pool: Must be > 2
•Boot File: boot\pxeboot.com (will dump into Windows PE environment)
•Mask: 255.255.255.0 works fine.
•Uncheck "Ping address before assignation"
•Check "Bind DHCP to this address"
Restart the program to ensure changes are in effect.
Receiver machine:
Run a network boot from the receiver machine. (The DHCP server will assign an IP).
The boot file will be transferred and run. Press F12 to tell WindowsPE to do something.
Wait a while (30-60 seconds). A command prompt will appear and load. Wait until a cursor is available.
A drive must be assigned to the root folder on the Source machine. To do this:
X:\Windows\system32>net use z: \\192.168.0.1\win7
A username of a user on the source machine, and password, must be entered.
Enter the user name for '192.168.0.1': 192.168.0.1\TEST
Enter the password for 192.169.0.1: test
The command completed successfully.
Navigate over to the new directory (z:\) and fire away. Commands will have a long delay but should work eventually.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2008.07.desktopfiles.aspx
Really don't have much experience at this.
http://superuser.com/questions/42263/how-to-install-windows-7-from-the-network
Source machine:
This machine must have a static IPv4 address. This example will use 192.168.0.1.
This machine must have a Windows installation in a shared folder somewhere. This example will use .\win7
This example will log in to the source machine with user TEST and password test.
Use tftpboot to fire up a DCHP server (gives an IP to a computer when requested).
This will also start a TFTP server for all of the file transfers.
There should be a folder called boot\ in the tftpboot directory which contains an installation of Windows PE.
Start tftp64.exe (or tftp32.exe), open the settings, use default settings, and change:
•IP pool starting addresss: Whatever, the pool of IPs to draw from
•Size of pool: Must be > 2
•Boot File: boot\pxeboot.com (will dump into Windows PE environment)
•Mask: 255.255.255.0 works fine.
•Uncheck "Ping address before assignation"
•Check "Bind DHCP to this address"
Restart the program to ensure changes are in effect.
Receiver machine:
Run a network boot from the receiver machine. (The DHCP server will assign an IP).
The boot file will be transferred and run. Press F12 to tell WindowsPE to do something.
Wait a while (30-60 seconds). A command prompt will appear and load. Wait until a cursor is available.
A drive must be assigned to the root folder on the Source machine. To do this:
X:\Windows\system32>net use z: \\192.168.0.1\win7
A username of a user on the source machine, and password, must be entered.
Enter the user name for '192.168.0.1': 192.168.0.1\TEST
Enter the password for 192.169.0.1: test
The command completed successfully.
Navigate over to the new directory (z:\) and fire away. Commands will have a long delay but should work eventually.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2008.07.desktopfiles.aspx
Really don't have much experience at this.
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