Debian Ubuntu 10/11/12 Linux how to get tftpd-hpa server setup tutorial
apt install tftpd-hpa
#change TFTP_ADDRESS to by setting address to 192.168.1.1:69 or the IP you need, otherwise it will listen on all IPs and interfaces which could be a security risk.
# edit /etc/default/tftpd-hpa
TFTP_USERNAME="tftp"
TFTP_DIRECTORY="/srv/tftp"
TFTP_ADDRESS="192.168.1.1:69"
TFTP_OPTIONS="--secure"........
PXE-E23 Error BOOTx64.EFI GRUB booting is 0 bytes tftp pxe dhcp solution NBP filesize is 0 Bytes
Be very careful about what filename you specify in dhcpd.conf if you get an error like this:
NBP filesize is 0 Bytes PXE-E23:Client received TFTP error from server.
If you specify "BOOTx64.efi" then the file had better not be called "BOOTx64.EFI" as it is case sensitive. It's really a case of th........
How To Install Windows Server 7 8 10 12 2008 2012 2014 2016 Servers Desktops using Linux tftp, dhcpd and samba
It has been a big pain for a long-time to install Windows from a Linux environment. I used to run a windows install server and it never worked right for some reason (the install would fail on most servers).
Before getting start be sure to setup your samba share so once you boot into WinPE you can mount the install for whatever Windows you want
/etc/samba/smb.conf
[smbwinstall]
path = /tftpboot/images/winstall
guest ok = yes........
Install Windows From a Linux TFTP Server instead of using WDS Solution
yum -y install samba
vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/syslinux-6.03.zip
mkdir syslinux;cd syslinux;unzip syslinux-6.03.zip
mkdir -p /tftpboot/libs/
cp bios/com32/modules/linux.c32 /tftpboot/libs/
cp bios/com32/libutil/libutil.c32 /tftpboot/libs/
cp bios/com32/lib/libcom32.c32 /tftpboot/libs/
#add lib path
echo "PATH libs" >> /tftpboot/pxeli........