Surface Pro 6, PXE Failing

[TBCS]

So when I try to PXE boot, the Surface Pro 6 tells me roughly

Start PXE Boot from IPv4
Correct IP
Undionly.kpxe
Downloading NBP File
File Downloaded successfully

But then it just moves on. No error message, just a restart. Does anyone have any ideas for me? I’m very new to FOG and have had no trouble with any other machines I’ve tested it on.

[george1421]

The short answer is you are sending the wrong boot loader to that computer. I’m going to bet that surface pro is a uefi only computer. You need to send ipxe.efi to that computer instead of undionly.kpxe which is a bios pxe boot loader.

[TBCS]

Ok that makes sense, the boot loader (DHCP 067) is the part that I was the least familiar about (basically I just knew that I needed to write undionly.kpxe in there and didn’t really know what it meant). That makes a lot of sense when you put it that way. Thanks for your help!

[george1421]

@TBCS Do you plan to support both uefi and bios based systems at the same time? If so, do you have a linux or windows 2012 or newer dhcp server? There is a wiki page that shows how to configure them to dynamically provide the proper boot file based on the pxe booting client.

https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/BIOS_and_UEFI_Co-Existence#Using_Windows_Server_2012_.28R1_and_later.29_DHCP_Policy

[x23piracy]

@TBCS this device can afaik only boot uefi you habe to disable secure boot also.

Like george is telling you, you need to get efi booting working.

Regards X23

[TBCS]

@george1421 That was a really helpful guide. Easy to follow and now we’re ready for whatever type of boot we need.