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I was reading this article : [url]http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/15458-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-create-windows.html[/url]
that drove me to [url]http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2328-uefi-unified-extensible-firmware-interface-install-windows-8-a.html[/url]
well it doesn’t work

BTW, my DHCP scope is under Windows 2008R2 (with active directory), if i could use another option for UEFI PXE such as an architecture test or another boot from another IP, i would do so, but i have no such option. I found a “93 option” in DHCP relative to this for windows 2003, but this option has desappeared, i do not want to test on my production network… And create a special server just for that …

Hello

thanks for your feedback ! basically, what is the difference between these different boots :

• PXE
• legacy
• UEFI 32 & 64 bits ?

What i tried :

• [B]Amir’s solution[/B] in the other post i mentionned earlier. But for UEFI 64 bits, it doesn’t work for me. I think i misunderstood something, because i followed at the letter his instructions and still no result.

• [B]adapt pxelinux.0[/B] using gpxe, but i failed

• [B]test MDT 2013[/B] : i ran in another issue : the USBkey …
  i followed a tutorial that made me create a bootable USB key, but one of the files was larger than 4Gb …
  UEFI boot via USB can only be done through FAT32, no NTFS, no exFAT, so i lost a lot of time.

I found this article relative to the famous USB key : [url]http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2013/03/20/creating-bootable-usb-drive-for-uefi-computers.aspx[/url]
but i am a bit discouraged to restart from the beginning, next week maybe !

• [B]i tried DRBL with Clonezilla[/B], but from apt sources the install doesn’t seem to finish, dunno why for now. DRBL liveCD seems to work, on my ubuntu 12.04 LTS but the Surface pro 2 hangs on “Starting on ipV4”. no download, nothing happens.
  is there a way to create a small USB bootable to start boot from USB, then this boot reads PXE from FOG ?

this way, i would use a tiny USB hub for both the “magical USB key” and the ethernet adapter :rolleyes:

I think you’re right …
it waits for a correct boot, but doesn’t find it, so FOG cannot deploy Surface Pro 2 at the moment.

MDT 2013 special update for Windows 8.1 may do the job…

found this thread : [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/eufi-bios-and-fog.162/[/url]
i’m trying it.

Hello,

I ran some tests.

I have my FOG server, and to check, i installed a Windows Deployment Server (2008 R2).
The error message given on the surface is displayed too quickly (1/10th second) to be read, but i took a movie with my smartphone in order to get the message.

With FOG, the error message is :

[CODE]>> Checking Media presence …

Media present …
Start PXE over IPv4.
[… 1/10th second after…]
Start PXE over IPv6.[/CODE]

And i can wait …

With my movie, i can replay what happened at the 1/10th second :

[CODE]
Station IP address is A.B.C.D (a correct IP address from my DHCP scope)
Downloading NBP file …
Succeed to download NBP file.
[/CODE]
and then Surface Pro 2 switches to IPv6. (i have no IPv6 in my network).
On WDS, i get this error :
[CODE]
Station IP address is A.B.C.D (a correct IP address from my DHCP scope)
Server IP address is 1.2.3.4 (ok it’s my WDS)
NBP filename is boot\x64\wdsmgfw.efi
NBP filesize is 0 bytes
PXE-E23: client received TFTP error from server.
[/CODE]
this file doesn’t exist, that explains the error. Maybe my WDS version is too old (2008 R2 for Surface Pro 2 with Windows 8.1 pro) but the PXE seems to start…
There’s something in pxelinux.0 the Surface Pro 2 doesn’t recognize…

hello

i enter in this topic, as we plan to buy 30 tablets. 2 models are being tested, MS Surface Pro 2 and Dell Venu 11.
Dell has not sent their model yet, whereas MS lent us one.

I have the Microsoft ethernet adapter (MS #1552) but no boot from FOG, whereas all my 80 desktop and 30 actual laptops recognize the FOG PXE boot.

I read SCCM 2012 can reinstall MS Surface so it means there’s a way to mass deploy OS…

MattT : how do you get a boot on Surface ?
I disabled in the Surface’s BIOS the secured keys, so now i can see a tiny text “Start PXE boot on IPv4 …” then quasi immediately “Start PXE boot on IPv6”… and screen hangs on there.

I applyied all may 2013 patch/firmware, but no choixe at all on which target to boot from… Thanks for your reply.

Paris, FR

Hi,
the same with me : nearly 8-9 Gb for windows 7.

When my older network was in 100M, reinstalling a machine took 40 min, but now i migrated all into gigabit and the file copy lasts 15 min …

hello
just to thank again for your work !
i’m using 0.32 and when i can test 0.33 i’ll do it (busy job too). Congrats to the team !