urgent: laptop not booting

[VJ]

I'll go the BartPE route; I have the PEBuilder, my original xp CD, TFTPd software but still need the 2003 files...
I'll be able to do it tomorrow.

[VJ]

As I'm most familiar with the cd option, I'm first trying this (once I have some data, I'll try the pxe). Using the sony drive, I can boot from cd, but (as Gurm suspected), I cannot get into the recovery console (it just hangs) . So now I'm trying first knoppix, and if that fails the automated xp repair.
The supplied disks are full recovery disks, that bring the laptop back to its factory-state (which implies cleaned disks), so I can't use those yet....


Jörg

[VJ]

Using knoppix and that cd drive, I managed to boot into linux and copy my data over network. As my normal xp cd is not slipstreamed with SP1, and the cd supplied with the laptop perform a full restore (Ghost), I decided to install everything first via cd (now running Windows update).
Meanwhile, I have slipstreamed an xp cd, and made my PE iso file. This afternoon, I'll probabely give the netboot a go.

Jörg

[MultimediaMan]

Would anyone be interested in PXE booting tutorial?

[VJ]

Yes!

I' still having issues: in the log of the dhcp server, I can see that the laptop requests an ip (something like 0.46.100.73); the dhcp server doesn't give it (gives 192.168.x.y), so netboot fails. When I set the dhcp to go give address in the range in which the requested ip adress resides, I get an error message regarding tftpd.

I used tftpd32 as serversoftware, but must have something wrong in the settings...

Jörg

[Chucky Cheese]

i second the tutorial!

C

[MultimediaMan]

I'll have it up and posted in a few minutes... just putting on the finishing touches.

[MultimediaMan]

Here it is...

Allrighty then...here is the DHCP/TFTP/PXE Tutorial.

Anyone for WinPE?

[Wulfman]

saved, thanks.

mfg
wulfman

[Chucky Cheese]

Thanks MM!!

i just inherited an industrial rollaround chassis with 4 cisco 2924 switches(gigabit modules included) and 2 front end processors(dual xenon steel clouds) to have my way with at work...it is "old equipment" and "outdated" by newer more powerful systems.

i want to experiment with this on our MPI(mail processing infastructure) Lan for backups and to use as a repository for equipment personality disk

C

[VJ]

Thanks mmm!

I'm still having issues though, but it is more difficult for me to play with it (am mostly on the road again).

How come the laptop requests an IP address? And could this be overcome? It seems to refuse to continue if it doesn't get its requested address.

When I set the DHCP to give it this address, it goes a bit further, but still fails to boot. But I'm guessing this has to do with the tftpd32 software: http://tftpd32.jounin.net/ , and some incorrect settings... I am correct in assuming that this software ought to be sufficiant?

Thanks!


Jörg

[MultimediaMan]

Yes, this software should work, but it is very simplistic...not all Network Adapters PXE BIOS may work with this software.

There is, of course the matter of your DHCP server needing to be configured to Respond to a PXE request.

If you are using the DHCP server build into TFTP's application, bear in mind that it has to be the ONLY DHCP server on the subnet.

[VJ]

Yes, this software should work, but it is very simplistic...not all Network Adapters PXE BIOS may work with this software.

There is, of course the matter of your DHCP server needing to be configured to Respond to a PXE request.

If you are using the DHCP server build into TFTP's application, bear in mind that it has to be the ONLY DHCP server on the subnet.

What software would you recommend under Vista?

I was using the DHCP server built into this application, it should have been the only one in the network. Getting an IP worked, but only when I let it give out the address the laptop requests.


Jörg