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| ====== Adding AoE boot support to Microsoft Windows ====== | ====== Adding AoE boot support to Microsoft Windows ====== | ||
| - | First download the latest WinAoE package from [winaoe.org] and extract all files to a directory. | + | ===== Installing the AoE initiator ===== |
| - | Then go to: | + | You need to download and install the Windows AoE initiator (WinAoE). Download the latest WinAoE package from [[http://winaoe.org/]] and extract the contents of the .zip file to a temporary directory. |
| - | Control Panel -> Add Hardware | + | Start up the Add Hardware Wizard (//Start// -> //Control Panel// -> //Add Hardware//) and proceed to the "Is the hardware connected?" screen: |
| - | {{winaoe:winaoe01.png}} | + | {{ winaoe:winaoe03.png }} |
| - | "Next" | + | Click on "Yes, I have already connected the hardware", then click on //Next//. |
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| - | Wait a few seconds to minutes | + | Scroll down to the bottom of the list and choose "Add a new hardware device", then click on //Next//. |
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| - | "Yes, I have already connected the hardware" | + | Click on "Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced)", then click on //Next//. |
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| - | "Add a new hardware device" | + | Choose "SCSI and RAID controllers", then click on //Next//. |
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| - | "Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced)" | + | Click on "Have Disk...". |
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| - | "SCSI and RAID controllers" | + | Click on "Browse...". Browse to the directory containing the extracted WinAoE files, then to the //bin// directory within this directory. Click on "OK". You should see "AoE Driver" show up in a list of available drivers to install: |
| - | {{winaoe:winaoe07.png}} | + | {{ winaoe:winaoe09.png }} |
| - | "Have Disk..." | + | Continue clicking on //Next// until the installation process is complete. You will see a warning about the driver being unsigned: |
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| - | Select "Browse...", browse to the bin directory from the unpacked WinAoE directory and press ok. | + | Ignore this warning and click on "Continue Anyway" to complete the installation of the AoE initiator. |
| - | {{winaoe:winaoe09.png}} | + | ===== Identifying the network service name ===== |
| - | "Next" | + | Open up the System Properties (//Start// -> //Control Panel// -> //System//) and go to the //Hardware// tab. Click on "Device Manager". |
| - | {{winaoe:winaoe10.png}} | + | {{ winaoe:winaoe14.png }} |
| - | "Next" | + | Locate your network card within the device list. Right-click on your network card and choose "Properties". |
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| - | "Continue Anyway" | + | Go to the //Details// tab and choose "Service" from the drop-down menu. Make a note of the network card service name ("E1000" in the above example). |
| - | {{winaoe:winaoe12.png}} | + | ===== Enabling network boot ===== |
| - | "Finish" | + | Start up Registry Editor (//Start// -> //Run// -> //regedit//) and browse to the key //HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services//. |
| - | You are now done with installing the WinAoE driver. | + | {{ winaoe:winaoe16.png }} |
| - | You should be able to run the "aoe" utility in a command prompt to get general aoe mount/unmount and scan functionality. | + | |
| - | Next steps make the disk ready for booting over SAN. | + | Click on the network card service key ("E1000" in this example), then double-click on "Start" in the right-hand panel. |
| - | First go to: | + | {{ winaoe:winaoe17.png }} |
| - | Control Panel -> System, and select the "Hardware" tab. | + | Change the //Value data// to 0 and click on //OK//. |
| - | {{winaoe:winaoe13.png}} | + | * NOTE: If you are using a Nvidia network card, you may have to use the RIS drivers or set the "Start" to 0 for the nvnetbus service as well. |
| + | * NOTE: It is reported that using the Nvidia nForce drivers (service names NVENETFD and nvnetbus) does not work with WinAoE booting. See [[/hardwareissues#nvidia_nforce]] | ||
| - | "Device Manager" | + | You are now ready to |
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| - | press the + in front of "Network adapters" and select the network adapter you will be booting over.Rightclick on that one and choose "Properties" | + | |
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| - | In the Properties screen go to the tab "Details" and choose "Service" in the pulldown menu. | + | |
| - | Note the service name for the next step. | + | |
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| - | Open regedit (Start -> Run -> "regedit") and browse to the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services". | + | |
| - | There browse to the key which you found in the last step (the "Service" of the network adapter) | + | |
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| - | Double click the "Start" key on the left panel, change the Value data to 0 and press Ok. | + | |
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| - | You are now done with installing WinAoE with boot support. | + | |
| * [[sanboot:transfer|Transfer the Microsoft Windows disk image to your AoE target]] | * [[sanboot:transfer|Transfer the Microsoft Windows disk image to your AoE target]] | ||
