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I'm running Windows Server 2012 R2, Standard Edition and have set up an iSCSI target, which I'm wanting a client to be able to:

  • Connect to in such a way that I can install Windows 7.
  • Allow client to select which target should be booted.
  • Boot to said target.

This is all very doable using something like iPXE, however iPXE does not have the drivers for my NIC; the drivers do exist for Windows. My thinking is possibly being able to use something like WinPE to essentially act as a replacement for iPXE, complete with driver support etc.

I'm at a loss to if WinPE is even up to this task; I know WinPE comes into play after iPXE has hooked to the iSCSI to start the Windows 7 setup, but is WinPE able to connect to an iSCSI target and boot it?

R4D4
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WinPE is itself a stripped-down installation of Windows. It uses the standard Windows boot methods, nothing terribly special (it typically loads an image into a RAM-disk, but this isn't technically special to WinPE). In short, it will not help you load another Windows installation from an iSCSI target.

Chris S
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