Raffye.Memon Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Hello, I have a custom bootable ISO image which i burn to CD's and DVD's to boot the machines, but recently managers decided to remove the optical drives from all computers. looks like i should get an PXE server up and running so that i can boot network machine from it using my own ISO image. what are my options.. ! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesclarke555 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Why not boot from USB or if you really want to use PXE, how about the HP MicroServer or build your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raffye.Memon Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 are'nt there any software soloutions... !! like acronis PXE server.. but i dont need those hi functionalities etc.. and cant afford licence !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan~ Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Windows Deployment Services (WDS) It'll be on add/remove programs in 2003, come with PXE as part of the package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexcyn Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 You can use imagex and WindowsPE to create a tool that will allow you to boot from USB and select your custom WIM files. This is what we use at the office and it works great and is quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted November 28, 2011 MVC Share Posted November 28, 2011 Here you go this is FREE and can boot all kinds different things and great for deployment of OSes http://www.ultimatedeployment.org/ You should be able to boot your iso using pxe with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEvan Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 are'nt there any software soloutions... !! like acronis PXE server.. but i dont need those hi functionalities etc.. and cant afford licence !! What you asked was a question, not an exclamation. You should've used "??" instead of "!!" anyway, there's a free tool called netboot i believe, i used it along with a tftp server to remotely install ubuntu on vm's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgreatsource Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 grub4dos will boot iso files over pxe / tftp but the iso has to fix in ram, Also not all iso files will work, anything like a windows installer will loose the iso when it boots. There are ways around it but we need to know whats on these iso images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPressland Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 FOG is another one worth looking at, OpenSource Freeware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patpat Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Free for non-comercial use. http://www.vercot.com/~serva/an/WindowsPXE1.html Able to install Windows and non-windows OSs from a single automatically generated menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted July 2, 2014 Veteran Share Posted July 2, 2014 I think the OP found what he was looking for 2.5 years ago. Locking this up. nabz0r 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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