Floppy Disk Images

Floppy disk images are usually fairly straightforward to boot using any of the Network Bootstrap Programs included with Tiny PXE Server. In the examples below memdisk is used to load the relevant floppy disk image into memory - ensure memdisk is in the root directory (C:\pxesrv\files\).

Assuming Tiny PXE Server is located in the directory C:\pxesrv\, create a subdirectory C:\pxesrv\files\images - floppy disk images will be copied here.

To complete a quick test, download the following files and copy them to C:\pxesrv\files\images -

Directory structure -

Now add a menu entry for your preferred Network Bootstrap Program -

pxelinux menu settings

Remember to ensure that the required files are copied to your Tiny PXE Server root directory -

Add the following to C:\pxesrv\files\pxelinux.cfg\default (create this file if required) -

Click on one of the following for sample config.ini settings (edit to reflect your own setup) -

grub4dos menu settings

Remember to ensure that the required files are copied to your Tiny PXE Server root directory -

Add the following to C:\pxesrv\files\menu.lst\default (create this file if required) -

Click on one of the following for config.ini settings (edit to reflect your own setup) -

iPXE menu settings

Remember to ensure that the required files are copied to your Tiny PXE Server root directory -

Add the following to the menu section of C:\pxesrv\files\ipxe_menu.txt (create this file if required) -

Add the following to the menu options section of C:\pxesrv\files\ipxe_menu.txt -

E.g. -

Click on one of the following for config.ini settings (edit to reflect your own setup) -

Document date - 28th February 2017(DRAFT)