PXE Boot UBCD 5.02

Network, Unix \ Linux 1 Minute

EDIT: Reuploaded the PXE Package

What you need:
- tftpd32 ( http://tftpd32.jounin.net/ )
- UBCD 5.02 ( http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ )
- PXE Package ( https://mega.nz/#!4uxXyTCL!XrFyhuW5TnkdAomdtEWKZ-pbZnMXaiy0FjT_7mgcf1I )

We do start with the file preparations:

  • Preparing UBCD
    Unzip the ISO to an folder, lets choose C:\ubcd
    Unzip the PXE Package to C:\ubcd, so that pxelinux.0, memdisk, menu.c32 and the pxelinux.cfg Folder are within the root Folder of the ubcd

  • Setup up the tftpd32
    Easy as hell. Download, unzip.
    For example C:\tftpd32
    And now to the config.

But first basics tftp config:
- start tftpd32.exe in C:\tftpd32
- Server interfaces chose your NIC
- Press Settings

Settings:
Base Directory: C:\ubcd

Global Settings:
TFTP Server [X]
TFTP Client [ ]
SNTP Server [ ]
Syslog Server [ ]
DHCP Server [X]
Syslog Server: [ ] Save syslog message

TFTPD Security: None

TFTPD configuration:
Timeout (seconds) 3
Max Retransmit 6
Tftp port 69
Local ports pool (nothing in here)

Advanced TFTPD Options:
[X] Option negotiation
[ ] PXE Compatibility
[X] Show Progress bar
[X] Translate Unix file names
[ ] Use TFTPD32 only on this interface
[ ] Use anticipation window of 0 Bytes
[X] Allow ´\´ As virtual root
[ ] Hide Window at startup
[ ] Create “dir.txt” files
[ ] Create md5 files
[ ] Beep for long transfer

Press Ok.

Go to the DHCP Server tab and enter following Details depending on your Network configuration:

IP Pool starting adress: Should be +1 of your NIC IP if you got no other PC in your network
Size of Pool: Choose yourself how many clients you want to get in there. I picked 20, get no problems with leases…
Boot File: pxelinux.0
Rest: Set it appopriate to your network – and Press the big long “SAVE” Button!

And thats it.

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9 thoughts on “PXE Boot UBCD 5.02”

  3. Dear Nico,

    Thank you for the how to for "PXE Boot UBCD 5.02"
    The instructions are clear and easy to follow.

    However, i have the following issue:
    After selecting a utility such as HDDerase from menu, i got the following error:
    UNPACK: Extracting "A:\level3\AUTORUN3.CAB"
    UBCD: CDROM disabled!
    ...
    UBCD: Error!!! missing hdderase.bat (check CD)

    No matter what cd-rom emulation i choose, it still does not work.
    I have to say i am using PXE Boot from a VM in VMware Workstation 7.1.2.

    Can you please help me out?
    Thank you!

  4. More news on the topic above: Also using a normal computer (hardware, not virtualized) a Dell Optiplex 745 i got the same results.

  5. Hello Marian,

    nice that it worked out so far.
    I rebuild the setup and tried it, but couldn't reproduce the error.
    HDDErase does bootup nicely or me.
    Maybe you got some bad tftp server.
    I'm now using Linux (Eisfair, Debian Clone) and his tftpserver / dhcpserver.
    That does work.
    On all the rest I'm afraid that I maybe won't be able to really help you out.

    Greetings,

    Nico

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