SOLVED Issue setting up PXE from DP to build Win 11

[Cola123]

Hi,

I think i might be using the wrong boot image?

I have 1 MECM server. I setup PXE to use the DP instead of WDS.

When i look at Software Library > Operating Systems > Boot images there is only one boot image and the description says "this was created during setup"

When i look at the location of the image it is \\<mecm server>\sms_<site>\osd\boot\x64\boot.wim

I configured dhcp scope 66 and 67. For option 67 i tried boot\x64\boot.wim

When i try and pxe boot a workstation i can see it gets and IP address and i then the computer crashes and restarts.

In the SMSPXE log I could see that the workstation connected to the MECM server but it could not find the specified package.

Is this the right boot image?

From reading about PXE i'm expecting to find a C:\remoteinstall folder but it doesnt exist

Appreciating help.

 

[Prajwal Desai]

Have you added the drivers to the boot image and updated it?

 

[Cola123]

Do i need to do that? at the moment i just want to test PXE is functioning correctly so it doesnt matter if i cant install anything once win PE loads. i just want to get winpe loading.

 

[Cola123]

I've performed the following:

1. Installed the disk drivers in the boot.wim.
2. Created a driver package with all the drivers for that model of PC.
3. Created a task sequence using that boot.wim file (just a simple one from the wizard for proof of concept)
4. Added the driver pack to the task sequence.
5. Deployed the task sequence to a collection of workstations
   
   I still get the same error when i try and pxe boot one of the workstations in that collection:
   Request for \boot\x64\boot.wim
   Unable to find the specified package.
   
   Any ideas?

 

[Prajwal Desai]

Try repairing the PXE because that is the only solution that I can suggest for now.

 

[Cola123]

Thanks do you have a link to an article or something on the correct way to perform a PXE repair?

Many thanks!!

 

[Cola123]

OK i resolved this.

I'm am using DP as the PXE provider. I configured a DHCP helper on the switch to point to the MECM server

I started getting 0x80070490 errors when trying to pxe boot workstations with an error saying that they couldnt find the MP, but they went away when i switched the DP and MP to HTTP instead of HTTPS (indicating a HTTPS misconfiguration).

OSD Task sequence is failing but thats a new issue