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I am trying to capture an image using DS 6.8 SP2. I boot to PXE and the following message appears for about 45 minutes: Downloading Boot Disk Image". After the 45 minutes the image captures but in our QA environment when we booted to PXE the image would start capturing after a few minutes. Everything is the same, (hardware, settings, etc.) Any Ideas why its taking so long? Thanks,

The only thing i can think of is that the network connections are running on 10mb, and that the DS is to busy. Go to a deployed pc, and see how long it takes to cope the requested file to the harddisk. Add 5 minutes to it, and that should be the time it needs to deploy one complete pc. Also check your iphelper on the routers. Regards Erik www.DinamiQs.com

I have seen this when PXE booting DOS (MS-DOS and FreeDOS).  What I had to do, many disagree with this, is rebuild the DOS PXE configuration.

 

So launch PXE Configuration Utility | at the boot menu in the lower right hand it says "Regenerate Images". Select DOS and click the regenerate button. Once the process comples click Save to commit the changes. Wait for the progress bar to complete and click ok to close the Utility. PXE boot a client select your DOS pXE image and see if you see the same issue.

 

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