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pxe-e53: no boot filename received. (RIS on win2k3 server)

KAMAZON

KAMAZON

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Hi guys I hope I am posting in the right area, if not, please feel free to move me. RIS has some problems and I am running into them. I have a server that crashed (name: BCServer), the CD Rom does not work, but besides that it works fine. I have another server (Name: server1) which is my DHCP, AD, RIS, and file server. I need to install win2k3 on bcserver which had win2k server installed on it.

I enable PXE on my BCServers network card, set it as the first boot item from in the bios, and I get the following error:
pxe-e53: no boot filename received.

I have not ran a network sniffer yet, but this error means that it did receive a IP Address from DHCP, but could not find the RIS image. I have researched online that I need to enable option 66 and 67 from the Server options of the DHCP configuration page on Server1. It asks for a string value, which I am guessing is my RIS server name, which is also Server1. I put in the IP Address just to be safe: 192.168.111.2

Now option 67 says it needs a string value too for "Bootfile Name". I dont' know what the bootfile name would be for a RIS deployment of server2003. Do I need to put anything there?


I'm at a loss, I would like to fix this, so if you guys have ANY suggestions at all, please share. Thanks a million.
 
Actually let's keep this simple, what would I need to put in DHCP option 66 and 67? I option 66 i put in the servers IP Address, but I don't know what to put in for the RIS boot filename. Thanks.
 
yes you need to put the boot file name in the string. It is the drive mapping of your RIS installation's startrom.com file located in your RIS subdirectories. So it should be something like:

OSChooser\i386\startrom.com

Also you may need an option 60 to complete this due to the fact that option 60 points all clients to the RIS IP, so if the machine is in a different segment, but is trying to be imaged by your RIS server. You can add option 60 by going to a command line on the RIS Server and typing the following line by line:

c:\netsh
dhcp server \\servername
add optiondef 60 PXEClient STRING 0 comment="Option added for PXE support"
set optionvalue 60 STRING IPADDRESS

Where IPADDRESS is the IP of the RIS Server.


 
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