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i mean like without making anychanges to the existing DHCP(lets say windows server 2008), how to build a Ubuntu PxeBoot within the network.. just give me areas to study more ...
(thanks for the reply ans its my first post on LQ)
cheers .. \m/
You have to have some settings in the dhcp server to allow a pxe to work.
You'd need to move up to gpxe/ipxe instead. You could run a small server maybe for a unique mac address but it could still mess up your corporate lan. I'd think the site admin might be monitoring this so...
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