WDS Boot and Install Image Troubleshooting
Getting a WDS system and images to work the first time will either work without issue or it can take a little bit of work. This section provides a short list of issues and troubleshooting steps that might help make the implementation of WDS more successful.
Issue 1: WDS clients never prompt to boot from network by pressing F12.
When this occurs, the issue might be related to the boot order on the client. Go into the BIOS on the client and first verify that the network interface card has network boot functionality enabled. Next, set the boot order to make the network interface card first in the boot list or boot priority and try again.
If the PXE boot option starts, the administrator should see the IP ...
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