Talk:Preboot Execution Environment

I will move this article to Preboot Execution Environment and link PXE to it, then I will replace the content with a translation of the more detailed german pxe-article.

staying tuned.. :>

move it

ok... I cannot move this article... so would anyone move it to Preboot Execution Environment and link PXE to it, please!

I moved it for you. — mark ✎ 08:42, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanx! Nirkus

LAN booting

Maybe someone can create an article about LAN booting in general? All modern computers support it, but there is little information about this thing on the internet. thanks, --Abdull 21:44, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

LAN booting in general...it's longer than you'd suspect (though there certaintly are longer articles on here), however, I don't think that this is the place for a step-by-step howto. However, Nirkus and I maintain a much smaller wiki dedicated to this...please see [1] (same link at the bottom of the article) for more info. ScytheBlade1 01:19, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

PXES Universal Linux Thin Client

This links to an interesting linux distribution, but I cannot find more information than how to configure it. So I think, we should remove this link, it provides no documentation on how to use PXE itself.

 I removed PXES from this article. And I will continue to remove the link..

Nirkus

history

It would be nice to get an idea of how widespread PXE support is, and when it was adopted. A couple sentences could easily answer questions, e.g., would a typical P-II with an onboard 10/100 ethernet support PXE?

-- DEmerson3, 2006-04-15, 4:23 pm PDT (-0700)

some links on this topic

i've got some links on this topic that you my find useful

Guides & How-To http://oss.netfarm.it/guides/

BINL Protocol Specifications http://oss.netfarm.it/guides/binl.php

RIS for Linux - Ris Windows Installation http://oss.netfarm.it/guides/ris-linux.php

RIS for Linux - Boot winpe from the net / Ris Windows Installation http://oss.netfarm.it/guides/pxe.php

dungsaga

NIC Only?

" ..... is an environment to boot computers using a network interface card"

Is it correct that a motherboard with on-board network interface circuitry (i.e. most mobos) can do a boot-from-lan without requiring a network interface card?

If so, then perhaps we could state this in the introduction. Rbowman (talk) 11:31, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

You mean an integrated Network Interface Card ? same same DGerman (talk) 14:04, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

This is correct - you just need pxe-enabled network circuitry. 199.18.139.222 (talk) 18:26, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Removing redundant clarification

The following clarification sounds redundant to me, so I'm removing it:

The term PXE client only refers to the role that the machine takes in the PXE boot process. A PXE client can be a server, desktop, laptop or any other machine that is equipped with PXE boot code.

Rationele: this holds for any "client", and isn't appropriate here any more than it would be on the HTTP page. 145.120.14.169 (talk) 19:59, 21 May 2011 (UTC)