PXE Boot Problems

[Sarah]

I have been building machines using PXE boot and OSD then today it seems to have stopped working.

 

When I boot a machine, it PXE boots, assigns an IP address...

 

Then there is a message ... Details below show information relating to PXE boot requests. Please provide details to your WDS Administrator so that the request can be approved.

 

Request ID 3

Contacting Server x.x.x.x .................................................

 

... and the dots just carry on.

 

Any ideas what may have gone wrong here as it was working fine. I have tried 2 machines with the same result.

 

Also, are there any considerations when building an AMD machine over an Intel machine?

 

Thanks.

[Eswar Koneti]

Did you have PXE Unknown computer support Enabled to the network ?

[Sarah]

Not sure. How would I find this out? It was working but has just stopped this week. I had to recreate my boot image but I can't see how this would have caused it.

[Eswar Koneti]

Not sure. How would I find this out? It was working but has just stopped this week. I had to recreate my boot image but I can't see how this would have caused it.

 

 

PXE unknown support can be enabled form PXE service point Role properties(SCCM R2) and from WDS server peorperties

try restarting the WDS server and see it that works out.

[Sarah]

I have found this option as I have R2 installed. As I enable it I am presented with a warning. What is the consequence of enabling this option?

[Sarah]

I have enabled this option, restarted the Windows Deployment Services Server service and booted the workstation and it still stops at Contacting Server x.x.x.x.........

[Sarah]

I'm now having a different problem:

 

Boots and picks up client ip x.x.x.x mask x.x.x.x DHCP IP x.x.x.x

Gateway IP x.x.x.x

TFTP....

 

and nothing.

[anyweb]

is your dhcp server on a different server to the wds server ? if so have you configured any dhcp server scope options ? 66/67 ?

[Sarah]

The SCCM/WDS server is not a DHCP server.

 

Current progress...

 

Architecture x64

 

... Details below show information relating to PXE boot requests. Please provide details to your WDS Administrator so that the request can be approved.

 

Request ID 3

Contacting Server x.x.x.x

TFTP\Download

smsboot\x64\abortpxe.com

[Eswar Koneti]

The SCCM/WDS server is not a DHCP server.

 

Current progress...

 

Architecture x64

 

... Details below show information relating to PXE boot requests. Please provide details to your WDS Administrator so that the request can be approved.

 

Request ID 3

Contacting Server x.x.x.x

TFTP\Download

smsboot\x64\abortpxe.com

 

can you try clear last PXE advertisement ,follow this Guide on PXE Boot aborted http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/669-how-to-get-rid-of-abortpxe-com/

[Sarah]

Tried the above and removed the duplicate.

 

Now back to original problem

 

Architecture x64

 

Then there is a message ... Details below show information relating to PXE boot requests. Please provide details to your WDS Administrator so that the request can be approved.

 

Request ID 3

Contacting Server x.x.x.x .................................................

 

... and the dots just carry on.