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== == === SDB PXE boot installation === == ==
Created onsdag 18 september 2019
SDB:PXE boot installation This article covers the procedures of a network installation using Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE). Introduction Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) is way to start computers without Floppy/Hard Disk/CD-ROM with the BIOS starting directly from the network using the PXE protocol. In order for PXE to work, the server needs OS configuration, and the client side needs a code module that runs PXE for the given LAN card (NIC). Most newer mainboards that have an on-board LAN port already have the module as part of their BIOS image. If you want to boot from a daughterboard NIC, i.e. a card in a ISA/PCI/etc. slot, you need to put the proper module either on a BootROM (only applicable when the NIC has a ROM socket), or into the BIOS image (only applicable when there is a proper image tool available, AMIFLASH is one).