Windows Deployment Services

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Published on 2011-11-29T17:26:27Z Indexed on 2011/11/29 17:52 UTC
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I have a slightly advanced Windows Deployment Services setup.

My router hands out DHCP addresses, including the following config.

ip dhcp pool Servers_100
 network 192.168.100.0 255.255.255.0
 bootfile boot\\x86\\pxelinux.0
 next-server 192.168.100.50
 default-router 192.168.100.1
 dns-server 192.168.100.80 192.168.100.81

This works perfectly for other subnets - I have a couple screens in my pxelinux that allow me to select my various Linux installers or enter the windows preboot environment.

For some reason I'm only receiving the default bootfile that opens to the windows preboot environment. Any idea why?

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