xtremee Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Hi all.I have an old PC that BIOS does not support PXE boot so that I wonder Is there is any way to add PXE to this old PC?I googled a lot and find a lot of tools that are used under Linux. Any Idea will be really great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PC_LOAD_LETTER Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 only way is to add a pxe capable nic card (i have a usb one i use for non compatible pcs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 gPXE http://etherboot.org/wiki/index.phpOur code can be stored in a number of places, including BIOS Flash, EPROMs, floppy, CD, HD, or other bootable media.Guide to create bootable floppy/cd/dvd/usb imagehttp://etherboot.org/wiki/removableIt's also featured as a Linux BIOS payloadhttp://www.coreboot.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtremee Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 @ DigeratiPrime,Guide to create bootable floppy/cd/dvd/usb imagehttp://etherboot.org/wiki/removableI try it but it didn't work with me.I try it with my laptop [Dell Latitude D-610] first I tried to get the network card which it Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx but I couldn't find it so I choose the to download bnx2 family hope that any one of them work with mine but none of them work with me.Any ideas!!btw, Are there any download live CD based on Linux that can do the whole of job instead of searching for my driver as most Linux Live CDs have the drives of all drivers in the PCs?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netman66 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 We have hundreds of D610s and they all PXE boot after turning it on in the BIOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtremee Posted May 2, 2009 Author Share Posted May 2, 2009 That is OK for my laptop (D610) but what if i wanna to add boot through PXE for my old Desktop PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtremee Posted May 10, 2009 Author Share Posted May 10, 2009 Any Ideas!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awergh Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 for this ive been using an All-drivers Etherboot floppy, however this isnt a flawless solution, had real trobule installing it to a couple of Pentiums. but hopefully it will work for you, i also think it hasnt been updated latelyhttp://etherboot.anadex.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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