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    Booting Linux and Windows ISO over PXE Post #1245

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    • Tom ElliottT
      Tom Elliott @steven.attaway
      last edited by

      @steven.attaway Actually, I believe Windows ISO’s can just be loaded directly. They’re not implicitly looking for a CD/DVD Drive. The ONLY requirement is that you have enough RAM. For example, if it’s a 4GB DVD, you need AT LEAST 4GB of ram, but most likely far more.

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      • Tom ElliottT
        Tom Elliott @Tom Elliott
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        @Tom-Elliott As there isn’t much that we can do to “solve” the question, is it safe to at least solve the thread so people don’t think we’re trying to come up with a fix for the problem ourselves?

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        • Wayne WorkmanW
          Wayne Workman @Tom Elliott
          last edited by

          @Tom-Elliott I added windows ISO booting to the WiKi to-do - so now I won’t forget.

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          • steven.attawayS
            steven.attaway @Wayne Workman
            last edited by

            @Wayne-Workman I am fine with you guys marking it as solved, but I would still like some direction on the coding side and maybe a reference to where I can find a list of what commands I can use, so that I am not just following what other people are doing and I can learn it for my self. Thanks.

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            • Wayne WorkmanW
              Wayne Workman @steven.attaway
              last edited by

              @steven.attaway for the record - I’ve been messing with adding win7 to FOG as an ISO… no luck so far - I’m working on it tonight too.

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              • N
                need2 Moderator
                last edited by

                Booting a Windows image over the network will work best with a WDS server that you chain into FOG. I do not have the how-to handy though.

                As for using YUMI, good idea. I’ll take a look at my YUMI flash drive and see how it makes the boot file.

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                • Tom ElliottT
                  Tom Elliott
                  last edited by

                  I’m only solving because, as far as I’m concerned, the thread question is solved. That said, of course I don’t mind, and I’m sure others won’t either, helping with the learning of the code.

                  One of the best resources for learning how ipxe does coding, outside of the FOG stuff, is directly from http://ipxe.org/scripting

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                  • Wayne WorkmanW
                    Wayne Workman @Tom Elliott
                    last edited by

                    @Tom-Elliott said:

                    http://ipxe.org/scripting

                    Holy cow!

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                    • Wayne WorkmanW
                      Wayne Workman @Tom Elliott
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                      @Tom-Elliott Thank you!

                      With the help of this site http://ipxe.org/howto/winpe I will eliminate “copying the iso to ram” that we have tragically been dealing with for so long.

                      We will be able to boot a 200mb windows PE environment and auto-launch win7 installation from a network location on the fog server via Samba.

                      Give me time - but expect a WiKi article on this in the near future 🙂

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                      • steven.attawayS
                        steven.attaway @Wayne Workman
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                        @Wayne-Workman Thanks guys for all your help.

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                        • N
                          need2 Moderator @Wayne Workman
                          last edited by

                          @Wayne-Workman That is much more elegant than either of my solutions. I doubt you will need my help, but give me a poke if you want me to look at anything with you.

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