PXE boot menu Forwarder – Windows and Linux
Having multible Linux Install servers and a Windows MDT or SCCM on the same network?
It can be done, and quite simple too.
1. Setup a small virtual server with server 2008/2012 and install the WDS service.
2. Configure the WDS service and create the RemoteInstall share e.g., D:\RemoteInstall.
(do not add any boot images etc.)
3. Open Windows Deployment Services and expand the “Servers” branch. Right click your WDS and select Properties. Now edit as shown here:
4. Download sysLinux 3.86 and extract the files:
- “\core\pxelinux.0,
- “\modules\pxechain.com” and
- “\com32\menu\menu.c32”
directly to D:\RemoteInstall\Boot\x64\
Now Create a directory in D:\RemoteInstall\Boot\x64\ named “pxelinux.cfg”
Create a new text file: x64\pxelinux.cfg\default (without extension!) with the following content as a guide:
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LABEL SCCM
MENU DEFAULT
MENU LABEL Windows SCCM Deployment Services
KERNEL pxechain.com
APPEND 192.168.2.200::SMSBoot\x86\wdsnbp.com
#IP address above is SCCM PXE host
LABEL abort
MENU LABEL Abort PXE
Kernel abortpxe.0
LABEL linux1
MENU LABEL Linux1 on linuxserver1…
KERNEL pxechain.com
APPEND 192.168.2.201::pxelinux.0
#IP address above is Linux PXE host
LABEL linux2
MENU LABEL Linux2 on linuxserver2…
KERNEL pxechain.com
APPEND 192.168.2.202::pxelinux.0
#IP address above is Linux PXE host
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(Insert correct IP-Addresses and boot files corresponding to your environment!)
Now run the following commands from an elevated Command promt:
wdsutil /set-server /bootprogram:boot\x64\pxelinux.0 /architecture:x64
wdsutil /set-server /N12bootprogram:boot\x64\pxelinux.0 /architecture:x64
Last step is to have your Network PXE set to point to the new WDS!
