I have a test environment with a VM Windows 2008 with WDS, DHCP, AD installed on it. I have a client (Acer Veriton N260G) that I want to install through PXE. The LAN connection works fine because I tested the connection with a laptop (ping, dhcp success).
But the damn Acer don't want to connect to the server. I don't even see the PXE option when I start up the boot menu (f12) en when I set the boot order to LAN first, nothing happens.. Only a error message that there was no boot manager found.
How can I start the PXE client on the Acer desktop?
UPDATE
I'm using only vm now. I get the FATAL: no bootable medium found! System halted. error when trying to boot in LAN mode. The two vm are both configured to use the same internal network. I also added the options 66 and 67 to the DHCP without succes.
Is there a way to check if the PXE client is getting a IP or responce from the server? Because the boot sequence takes not even a second..
Best Answer
Have you enabled options 66 (Boot Server host name) and 67 (Bootfile name) in your DHCP server? This link outlines the steps.
As far as booting from the network goes, looks like the hotkey is F10 not F12. See this.