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winpe [2010/01/19 17:39]
billmc added note regarding x64 support
winpe [2010/06/05 07:34] (current)
sha0 Add info about next-server DHCP option
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 ===== Configuring DHCP and TFTP ===== ===== Configuring DHCP and TFTP =====
  
-Configure your DHCP server to hand out //"​\Boot\pxeboot.n12"//​ as the boot filename.  ​For ISC DHCPD, you can do this by adding+Configure your DHCP server to hand out //"​\Boot\pxeboot.n12"//​ as the boot filename.  ​
  
 +**For ISC DHCPD**, you can do this by adding the following to ///​etc/​dhcpd.conf//​.
 +
 +    next-server XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX;​
     filename "​\\Boot\\pxeboot.n12";​     filename "​\\Boot\\pxeboot.n12";​
  
-to ///​etc/​dhcpd.conf//. +where the **next-server** details either the IP address or DNS hostname of your TFTP server.
 {{ :​warning.png}} {{ :​warning.png}}
  
-Note that you **must** use a backslash (\) as the path separator, rather than the more usual forward slash (/).  If you use a forward slash, //​pxeboot.n12//​ will be unable to locate //​bootmgr.exe//​ and the boot will fail.  Your TFTP server must be configured to support the use of backslashes as path separators; see [[:​tftp_backslash|Supporting broken TFTP clients]] for instructions on configuring your TFTP server to do this.+<sub>Note that you **must** use a backslash (\) as the path separator, rather than the more usual forward slash (/).  If you use a forward slash, //​pxeboot.n12//​ will be unable to locate //​bootmgr.exe//​ and the boot will fail.  Your TFTP server must be configured to support the use of backslashes as path separators; see [[:​tftp_backslash|Supporting broken TFTP clients]] for instructions on configuring your TFTP server to do this. 
 + 
 +Note also that each backslash is doubled within ///​etc/​dhcpd.conf//;​ this is because ISC DHCPD treats a backslash as an escape character.</​sub>​ 
 + 
 +**For Microsoft DHCP Server**, set the following options 
 + 
 +    Option Number ​      ​Option Name           ​Value 
 +    066                 Boot Server ​          ​XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX 
 +    067                 ​Bootfile Name         ​boot\pxeboot.n12
  
-Note also that each backslash is doubled within ///​etc/​dhcpd.conf//;​ this is because ISC DHCPD treats a backslash as an escape character.+where option 66 refers to your TFTP server'​s IP address or DNS hostname.
  
 ===== Booting WinPE ===== ===== Booting WinPE =====

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