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PXE Boot With Ghost

Hi Guys,

I have just installed Symantec Ghost 8.2 Enterprise.
It came with 3COM PXE Boot Services.

I am trying to configure boot services for PXE, but it seems to be a challenge and a half.

I have created a PXE Image and added this to the default BOOTPTAB configuration, removed all hosts.
Please tell me I do not have to add each PC to the BOOTPTAB file by MAC Address. If I do, there must be some other way.

Thanks
Chris
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Removed 3Com - Located Symantec Deployment Tools on Ghost CD.

Installed these on Windows XP Machine, managed to get my Custom CD Boot disk converted over and working through PXE just like I wanted, worked perfectly.

Then I uninstalled from the Windows XP Machine, and installed on the Ghost Server (Windows 20003 Server).
PXE does not work now from clients. Can see them connecting on the server as it is detecting the MAC address etc, but they are not being served by the PXE server.
I presume this issue is something to do with ports being blocked as it is a server OS. I guess the question now is, how do I allow the PXE server to serve the clients.

The server is not running DHCP, and does not need to be, as my XP machine is not and was working perfectly.

Any ideas?


Thanks
Chris
have you got sp1 installed
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Just bought Ghost and can't seem to find the PXE tools on the CD, as you mentioned.  I tried to use the 3COM Boot Services, but it does not seem to work.  Any suggestions?

Steve