pxe

• DHCP Options

  • Next Server

• iso to USB

• UEFI Editor

  • efibootmgr - Linux

  • Windows GUI

• iPXE

• iVentoy

• netboot.xyz

  • USB/ISO/GRUB/TFTP

  • iPXE

  • Self Hosting

• Windows

  • Remote install ISO

  • Server - Windows

• Mikrotik

  • Mikrotik + Windows

• Diskless

  • Hive OS - Ubuntu

  • NetBSD

  • Windows

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dominikheinz/2011/03/18/dhcp-pxe-basics/

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Configuration-Manager-Blog/You-want-to-PXE-Boot-Don-t-use-DHCP-Options/ba-p/275562

DHCP Options

http://www.iana.org/assignments/bootp-dhcp-parameters/bootp-dhcp-parameters.xhtml

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2132

66: TFTP server name
67: Bootfile name

Next Server

https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-dhc-nextserver-02.txt

.iso to USB

• ventoy: copy .iso to flash drive directly
• rufus: WTG<v2.3 | win7<=v3.22
• Etcher: Windows images are not bootable without extra treatment
• Luobotou: https://github.com/nkc3g4/wtg-assistant : support 16G flash drive

UEFI Editor

efibootmgr - Linux

https://github.com/rhboot/efibootmgr

efibootmgr -v # Listing boot entries wget -P /boot/efi/EFI/arch https://url_of_ipxe-arch.efi # https://archlinux.org/releng/netboot/ efibootmgr --create --disk /dev/sde --loader /EFI/arch/ipxe-arch.___.efi --label "Arch Linux Netboot" --unicode # -p if ESP not 1st partition efibootmgr --bootorder

Boot0006* debian HD(1,GPT,fcdf5171-643b-4f6d-8599-e2682b07e1bf,0x800,0x1e5000)/File(\EFI\debian\shimx64.efi) Boot000C* BootSandisk PcieRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)/Sata(0,0,0)/HD(1,GPT,f4e334a7-3313-43b5-a074-e26d3374c63c,0x800,0x100000)/File(\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI)

Windows GUI

under Tools menu: https://www.diskgenius.com/editions.php

iPXE

https://ipxe.org/cmd/chain

Download and boot the iPXE demonstration image chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php

iVentoy

https://www.iventoy.com/en/doc_ext_dhcp.html

• External : same LAN/VLAN | bootfile: iventoy_loader_16000

• ExternalNet : different LANs/VLANs

Docker: https://hub.docker.com/r/thedrobe/iventoy-docker

netboot.xyz

https://github.com/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz

OS list: https://netboot.xyz/docs/faq/#what-operating-systems-are-currently-available-on-netbootxyz

https://netboot.xyz/downloads/ | Raspberry Pi 4 / ARM64 / i686, x86_64, or aarch64

USB/ISO/iPXE/GRUB/QEMU/TFTP/VMWare: https://netboot.xyz/docs/category/booting-methods

WinPE: https://netboot.xyz/docs/kb/pxe/windows/

USB/ISO/GRUB/TFTP

Combined Legacy and UEFI iPXE Bootloaders

https://boot.netboot.xyz/ipxe/netboot.xyz.iso # GRUB/QEMU/VMware/etc
https://boot.netboot.xyz/ipxe/netboot.xyz.img # creation of USB Keys
https://boot.netboot.xyz/ipxe/netboot.xyz.kpxe  # for TFTP or iPXE PCBIOS DHCP

iPXE

chain --autofree http://boot.netboot.xyz/ipxe/netboot.xyz.lkrn # Legacy (PCBIOS)/non-UEFI
chain --autofree http://boot.netboot.xyz/ipxe/netboot.xyz.efi # uses built-in iPXE NIC drivers

Self Hosting

https://netboot.xyz/docs/docker https://netboot.xyz/docs/selfhosting

Windows

customize and modify wim files: http://hello.wimbuilder.world

# check build version： WinNTSetup or dism
dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:e:\sources\install.wim /index:2

Remote install ISO

支持安装网络上的微软原版iso （win7/8/10/x64/x86): https://github.com/zwj4031/netgrubfm/ 支持启动WIM、ISO、IMG、RAMOS、ISCSI的网启模板(BIOS/UEFI): https://github.com/zwj4031/ipxefm

Server - Windows

http://tftpd32.jounin.net/tftpd32_download.html

Mikrotik

add code=66 name=next-server value="'192.168.88.248'"
add code=67 name=boot-file value="'CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1810.iso'"

Mikrotik + Windows

https://gist.github.com/PatrickLang/d891d4ed4bdf1d23ec584c44df7b0478

Diskless

Hive OS - Ubuntu

https://hiveon.com/forum/t/hive-os-diskless-pxe/12319

PXE Server: Debian + 2 Gb of RAM + 4 Gb of free disk
Diskless rig | BIOS with PXE (netboot, etc) option
    4Gb+ of system RAM for AMD GPU RX 4xx/5xx
    8Gb+ of system RAM for Nvidia cards (unsupported for now)

https://github.com/minershive/hiveos-pxe-diskless

./pxe-setup.sh && cd path_to_pxeserver && ./deploy_pxe # show_help() | ubuntu18 --build

NetBSD

http://www.netbsd.org/docs/network/netboot/

Windows

? https://linbit.com/blog/booting-diskless-windows-clients-via-windrbd/