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--- winpe [2010/01/19 17:39]
billmc added note regarding x64 support
+++ winpe [2010/06/05 07:34] (current)
sha0 Add info about next-server DHCP option
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 ===== Configuring DHCP and TFTP =====
-Configure your DHCP server to hand out //"\Boot\pxeboot.n12"// as the boot filename.  For ISC DHCPD, you can do this by adding
+Configure your DHCP server to hand out //"\Boot\pxeboot.n12"// as the boot filename.
+**For ISC DHCPD**, you can do this by adding the following to ///etc/dhcpd.conf//.
+    next-server XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX;
     filename "\\Boot\\pxeboot.n12";
-to ///etc/dhcpd.conf//.
+where the **next-server** details either the IP address or DNS hostname of your TFTP server.
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-Note that you **must** use a backslash (\) as the path separator, rather than the more usual forward slash (/).  If you use a forward slash, //pxeboot.n12// will be unable to locate //bootmgr.exe// and the boot will fail.  Your TFTP server must be configured to support the use of backslashes as path separators; see [[:tftp_backslash|Supporting broken TFTP clients]] for instructions on configuring your TFTP server to do this.
+<sub>Note that you **must** use a backslash (\) as the path separator, rather than the more usual forward slash (/).  If you use a forward slash, //pxeboot.n12// will be unable to locate //bootmgr.exe// and the boot will fail.  Your TFTP server must be configured to support the use of backslashes as path separators; see [[:tftp_backslash|Supporting broken TFTP clients]] for instructions on configuring your TFTP server to do this.
+Note also that each backslash is doubled within ///etc/dhcpd.conf//; this is because ISC DHCPD treats a backslash as an escape character.</sub>
+**For Microsoft DHCP Server**, set the following options
+    Option Number       Option Name           Value
+                 Boot Server           XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
+                 Bootfile Name         boot\pxeboot.n12
-Note also that each backslash is doubled within ///etc/dhcpd.conf//; this is because ISC DHCPD treats a backslash as an escape character.
+where option 66 refers to your TFTP server's IP address or DNS hostname.
 ===== Booting WinPE =====