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 ====== Adding AoE boot support to Microsoft Windows ====== ====== Adding AoE boot support to Microsoft Windows ======
  
-**The AoE initiator ​for Microsoft Windows is not yet on general availability;​ please check back in a few days for further information.**+===== Installing the AoE initiator ​=====
  
-You are now ready 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. 
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 +Start up the Add Hardware Wizard (//Start// -> //Control Panel// -> //Add Hardware//) and proceed to the "Is the hardware connected?"​ screen: 
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 +Click on "Yes, I have already connected the hardware",​ then click on //Next//. 
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 +Scroll down to the bottom of the list and choose "Add a new hardware device",​ then click on //Next//. 
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 +Click on "​Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced)",​ then click on //Next//. 
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 +Choose "SCSI and RAID controllers",​ then click on //Next//. 
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 +Click on "Have Disk..."​. 
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 +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: 
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 +Continue clicking on //Next// until the installation process is complete. ​ You will see a warning about the driver being unsigned: 
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 +Ignore this warning and click on "​Continue Anyway"​ to complete the installation of the AoE initiator. 
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 +===== Identifying the network service name ===== 
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 +Open up the System Properties (//Start// -> //Control Panel// -> //System//) and go to the //​Hardware//​ tab.  Click on "​Device Manager"​. 
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 +Locate your network card within the device list.  Right-click on your network card and choose "​Properties"​. 
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 +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). 
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 +===== Enabling network boot ===== 
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 +Start up Registry Editor (//Start// -> //Run// -> //​regedit//​) and browse to the key //​HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services//​. 
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 +Click on the network card service key ("​E1000"​ in this example), then double-click on "​Start"​ in the right-hand panel. 
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 +Change the //Value data// to 0 and click on //OK//. 
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 +  * 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]] 
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 +You are now ready to
  
   * [[sanboot:​transfer|Transfer the Microsoft Windows disk image to your AoE target]]   * [[sanboot:​transfer|Transfer the Microsoft Windows disk image to your AoE target]]
  

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