Legacy boot HP Stream 11 *Not Working*

[cojohnson]

@Tom-Elliott I have already replaced the ipxe.efi file in the /tftpboot directory… any other suggestions?

[Tom Elliott]

@cojohnson YOu may have replaced but your dhcp server is not handing it out.

[Quazz]

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[cojohnson]

It is working now thanks for everyones help!!!

However, now when i am booting another device that was working before the change, I get an error that says “NBP is too big to fit in free base memory” is there any way around this?

Thanks Again!!

[Sebastian Roth]

https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=BIOS_and_UEFI_Co-Existence

[george1421]

@cojohnson Just a minute here, it works but it doesn’t?

OK, lets get a little clarity here. Are you trying to boot a device in bios mode and then a second device in efi mode? The ipxe boot files are different for these two devices.

[cojohnson]

@george1421 Yeah, i suppose so!! I was booting my HP Stream 11 off of the usb to ethernet adapter. At the same time i am network booting a HP 4530s from its internal Network Card.

[cojohnson]

@Sebastian-Roth Thanks. It just so happens that our school is running Windows Server 2008 R2. So… These steps are not going to work according to the document…???

I will go in and fiddle with it for a minute. Just to see.

[george1421]

@cojohnson If you are running the older dhcp server then you MUST do dhcp reservations for one or the other group of computers. I would setup the normal dhcp option 67 for the majority of your clinets, then setup a dhcp reservation with the changed option 67 for the exceptions to the rule. You may be able to overcome this issue with dnsmasq, by letting the fog server supply the option 66 and 67 settings instead of going through the reservation route. If you only have one or two of the efi devices then dhcp reservation is the easiest route.

HINT: The best choice is to upgrade your main dhcp server so you can take advantage of the new functionality.

[Sebastian Roth]

@cojohnson This might be interesting as well: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/6119/set-option-3-on-window-2008-r2-for-bios-and-uefi-co-existence

[george1421]

@Sebastian-Roth Just for reference: I could never make that work correctly on 2008. I may have missed something or two, but I messed with trying to get it to work for a day or so and gave up. Maybe someone else better than me can get it working.