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Is there any way to pxe boot from the lan when i cannot enable it from bios

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    falko Moderator
    last edited by Apr 11, 2012, 12:40 PM

    yeah I can boot cd/usb’s.

    I have tried Hirens 15.1 but with no luck
    thanks for response

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      ssx4life
      last edited by Apr 11, 2012, 12:44 PM

      If you can boot CD’s you could technically use romOMatic - [url]http://rom-o-matic.net/gpxe/gpxe-git/gpxe.git/contrib/rom-o-matic/[/url]

      Not ideal again, but a possible solution.

      What happens when you pull all bootable devices from the laptop and try to boot it?

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        ssx4life
        last edited by Apr 11, 2012, 12:52 PM

        Looks like the Latitude 2100’s use the Broadcom 57XX Gigabit Integrated Controller. Confirm that you have this Nic in device manager, but this may be a work around - [url]http://etherboot.org/wiki/romburning/tg3[/url]

        Confirm your NIC against the running list here - [url]http://rom-o-matic.net/gpxe/gpxe-0.9.6/src/bin/NIC[/url]

        i’m pretty sure it’s there.

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          falko Moderator
          last edited by Apr 12, 2012, 9:33 AM

          Thanks for the info, I’m off for a few days but will write back next week

          Cheers

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            chad-bisd Moderator
            last edited by Apr 18, 2012, 3:09 PM

            does F10 bring up a boot menu.

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              falko Moderator
              last edited by Apr 19, 2012, 2:55 PM

              [quote=“chad-bisd, post: 2878, member: 18”]does F10 bring up a boot menu.[/quote]
              yes it does pxe boot is not in there though

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                chad-bisd Moderator
                last edited by Apr 19, 2012, 10:05 PM

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                  falko Moderator
                  last edited by Jun 2, 2012, 9:28 PM

                  okay, was sure i left a follow up comment.

                  anyways, for the bunch of laptops that I am unable to network boot, I have been booting them up with clonezilla and selecting Boot Via ipxe, works great.

                  thanks for comments

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                    ITCC
                    last edited by Jun 2, 2012, 9:39 PM

                    Have you looked at removing the bios password so you can make the changes?

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                      falko Moderator
                      last edited by Jun 2, 2012, 10:14 PM

                      yeah but i don’t know how, my boss doesn’t now password is, previous tech doesn’t know. we have tried all passwords we use. have contacted dell and the reseller they used to no joy. is there another way?

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                        ITCC
                        last edited by Jun 3, 2012, 4:27 PM

                        yeh, should be a jumper or remove internal battery. I have the same machines, I’ll take a look for you on Wednesday / Friday.

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                          falko Moderator
                          last edited by Jun 3, 2012, 5:57 PM

                          as far as I know the other tech has tried that, I will double check with one on wednesday when I get in,

                          let me know how you get on

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                            ITCC
                            last edited by Jun 3, 2012, 7:00 PM

                            I’ve found a document on doing it. Will need to create a manual jumper with a paperclip. I don’t mind giving it a go. We have cover so if I blow it up, we will get it replaced 🙂

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                              falko Moderator
                              last edited by Jun 3, 2012, 7:13 PM

                              Oh cool, can you email it.

                              Appreciate the help

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                                ITCC
                                last edited by Jun 3, 2012, 7:24 PM

                                I have found some more information that I think would be even better. I’ll test it, then send it over Wednesday.
                                See, UK chum… this could be good…

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                                  falko Moderator
                                  last edited by Jun 3, 2012, 7:48 PM

                                  Cheers sounds good

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                                    Kevin
                                    last edited by Jun 6, 2012, 8:45 PM

                                    This will be your best friend 🙂

                                    [url]https://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/DriverDetails/DriverFileFormats?c=&s=&cs=&l=&DriverId=R204280[/url]

                                    Dell Client Configuration Utility lets you create a stand-alone executable package that can configure BIOS, update BIOS, or capture BIOS settings inventory data. The executable package can be run as a stand-alone package or used with enterprise software deployment tools.

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                                      falko Moderator
                                      last edited by Jun 6, 2012, 8:50 PM

                                      [quote=“Kevin, post: 3936, member: 3”]This will be your best friend 🙂

                                      [url]https://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/DriverDetails/DriverFileFormats?c=&s=&cs=&l=&DriverId=R204280[/url]

                                      Dell Client Configuration Utility lets you create a stand-alone executable package that can configure BIOS, update BIOS, or capture BIOS settings inventory data. The executable package can be run as a stand-alone package or used with enterprise software deployment tools.[/quote]
                                      cheers, i’ll check that out tomorrow. My BIOS is already password protected though?

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                                        Kevin
                                        last edited by Jun 6, 2012, 8:54 PM

                                        I could be wrong, but I think that will still override it. That program will give you access to features you never even knew you had on the BIOS. For instance, set the machine to PXE boot at the next restart automatically.

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                                          falko Moderator
                                          last edited by Jun 6, 2012, 8:55 PM

                                          sounds good, thanks defo #1 on my list when i get in

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