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Netboot Windows 11 with iSCSI and iPXE


Notes on installing and netbooting Windows 11 over iSCSI

Unfortunately, the Windows 11 DVD does not ship drivers for my network card, and the iSCSI connection information passed to the booted system from iPXE couldn’t be used. You can use iPXE to execute a script fetched with HTTP, which I took advantage of to reduce the amount of typing I’ll need to do at the shell. Fortunately, once the installation files are copied over, nothing but the main disk image is required, reducing what I needed to type in the iPXE shell.

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