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On May 31, 2012 6:12 AM, "Arends, R.R." <r.r.arends at hr.nl>
wrote:>
> >> Hello Genec,
> >>
> >> Got a question regarding pxechn.c32 in combination with wds
(2k8r2).
> >>
> >> We got (i)pxelinux as our main pxe system, and want to chain to
wds
with> > a vesamenu option.
> >>
> >> I tried the latest pxechn.c32 from git. But somehow wds still
tries to
> > contact the next-server (main pxe) instead of the wds server.
> >>
> >> KERNEL modules/pxechn.c32 145.24.129.191::boot/x86/wdsnbp.com -W
> >> KERNEL modules/pxechn.c32 145.24.129.191::boot/x86/pxeboot.n12 -W
> >> KERNEL modules/pxechn.c32 145.24.129.191::boot/x86/pxeboot.com -W
> >>
> >> none of them work...
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >
> > Assuming 145.24.129.191 is your WDS, the following should work:
>
> correct thats our wds server.
>
> >
> > LABEL wds
> > COM32 modules/pxechn.c32
> > APPEND 145.24.129.191::boot\x86\wdsnbp.com -W
>
> thanks for your reply, i just tried your suggestion. But it gives me the
same output.> it still tries the next-server 145.24.41.6 instead of 145.24.129.191.
> "Booting..."
> "Downloaded WDSNBP..."
> "Architecture: x64"
> "WDSNBP started using DHCP Referral."
> "Contacting Server: 145.24.41.6 (Gateway: 145.24.129.253).."
> "No response from Windows Deployment Services server."
> "Launching pxeboot.com..."
> "TFTP download failed"
>
> see attachment for screenshot.
>
> do i need to update syslinux aswel? or would the latest pxechn.c32 be
sufficient?> ie. was there a commit to syslinux aswel for this to work, or is it just
pxechn.c32 that does the work.
Ideally, yes. Could you try plain pxelinux.0 without introducung gPXE/IPXE
for the moment or even the prebuilt binaries in the binary/source archive?
My testing has also been on VMware platforms and was successful.
> >
> > Be sure to match the directory separator and case that WDS normally
uses.> > I'll check mine and update doc/pxechn.txt with an example and
these
notes.>
> yeh an example in the doc would be very nice :). although i kinda had the
right syntax, looks like the directory seperator doesn't really matter here.
Just thinking consistency.
--Gene