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  • 1.  Linuxpxe using 3com and windows server 03 SP2

    Posted Feb 15, 2012 04:44 PM

    I am currrently trying to implement a Linuxpxe menu to incorporate a Linux menu to launch several different types of pxe boot. Namely a linux boot and DOS, but would also like to use Gdisk and have a local boot option.

    I followed the instructions in this thread:

    http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/one-pxe-menu-unite-them-all-dos-linux-winpe

    I point the BootPTAB to the pxelinux.0 file. I try to boot. PXE works fine, but tftp times out on the pxelinux.o and pxelinux.cfg\default file. I have gone through the code in the file several times and cannot figure out why it won't work. If anyone has any ideas I would appreciate the help.



  • 2.  RE: Linuxpxe using 3com and windows server 03 SP2

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 05:35 AM

    Does the TFTP Fail with any specific error code?

    Is there any error code on PXE?

    Is the version of Ghost Solution Suite 11.5.1.2266?

    Is there any specific reason to use Linux as PreOS rather than WINPE?

    Check this article for PXE boot using Linux

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH110520&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1329388108507 



  • 3.  RE: Linuxpxe using 3com and windows server 03 SP2

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 10:03 AM

    Does the TFTP Fail with any specific error code?

    Nothing Specific, here is the line from the log

    DOWNLOAD Wed Feb 15 15:44:00 10.27.26.39 TIMEOUT C:\TFTPBOOT\pxelinux.0

    DOWNLOAD Wed Feb 15 15:44:00 10.27.26.39 TIMEOUT C:\TFTPBOOT\pxelinux.cfg\default 

     

    Is there any error code on PXE?

    No errors are showing on the PXE. Everything seems to be working fine with it.

     

    Is the version of Ghost Solution Suite 11.5.1.2266?

    Yes, that is the version of GSS

     

    Is there any specific reason to use Linux as PreOS rather than WINPE?

    We have a lot of DELL Latitude 2120s and they are extremly slow to image. They pull down about the same from Linux or WinPE, but the Linux seems to load faster. We want to be able to use WinPE in the future though.

     

    Check this article for PXE boot using Linux

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH110520&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1329388108507

    I have read this article, but I am trying to implement a Menu that will allow me to run DOS, WinPE and Linux so I can get the best performance as well as add tools and other items later.



  • 4.  RE: Linuxpxe using 3com and windows server 03 SP2

    Posted Feb 17, 2012 03:24 AM

    May I venture an opinion that DOS is well past its prime, and is unable to work with many modern machines due to its lack of SATA support - which affects both hard disk and optical disk access.  WinPE is a far better choice as it supports modern hardware and it has the ability to load device drivers at the command line if you need to support new hardware. Limiting your boot options to Linux and WinPE will also enable you to use a simpler boot manager solution and use NTFS as your file system.



  • 5.  RE: Linuxpxe using 3com and windows server 03 SP2

    Posted Apr 08, 2012 01:54 PM

    *Deleted*

    I will start a new topic.

     



  • 6.  RE: Linuxpxe using 3com and windows server 03 SP2

    Posted Apr 13, 2012 05:41 PM

    Start the control panel 3Com TFTP applet and check in the File Transfer tab to see if the path is correct.  If it is, change the setting for the secure transfer and restart the 3COM FTP service.

    To troubleshoot, I would stop the 3COM TFTP service and run the tftp program: Start>Programs>3com Boot Services>TFTP server.  Now you can see the actual requests and responses.