"If you found this video or been watching my channel for a while, then you are probably someone who has a totally unnecessary home lab." is the best intro I've seen and really shows that the he knows his audience.
This video has saved my life! I've been using Serva for a few years, but it's an absolute pain to setup for non-windows ISOs. This is a million times better!
Thanks for the video pal, you just saved me a trip to the office. Subbed For those interested - if your dhcp is windows server then the scope options you need to enable are 066 Boot Server Host Name(can be an IP) and 067 Bootfile Name. Works like a charm 👌
thank you this is exactly what i was looking for. i made a couple changes like i had to use the _aa64 bootloader for it to work within proxmox. I also had an external nas with all my isos on it the same ones that I use for my proxmox server and I smb mounted that to the iso folder so they were always in sync the fact that you are using unifi as i am was helpful as well... cheers
Really video was well done. Have few queries to get clarify, 1. iVentoy tool comes up with internal DHCP server.? 2. Why we need a SMB install/configure in the end.? Do you mind to clarify on the above points!
Hi! What is your question with the first point? You should be able to choose between 3 options for dhcp in the settings. The second one...this is just so that you can easily copy new iso images to your iVentoy PXE Server. But you don't have to use Samba. You can use SSH to copy files. Or even better you could mount the "iso" folder to a remote machine such as a NAS.
In theory network would be slower because USB 3.0 can be up to 5Gbps, where you have a 1Gbps network. But it does also depend on the speed of the USB pen drive you use, as most of them don't fully utilise the USB bandwidth. In summary, I would expect a thumb drive to be a bit faster. If you used an external SSD or NVMe drive then I would expect it to be quite a bit faster. So if speed is your requirement then probably stay with using Ventoy on a USB drive instead.
Plenty of people say "pixie". "You-fee" less so but it's not unheard of, just Google it. Lots of things are abbreviated, so what not this hey. Either way, if you like it or not, thanks for watching and commenting.
i have an odd issue with following this everytime i pxeboot to this i get access denied.. is that a issue on my mikrotik router or something i setup incorrectly?
Sorry, I'm new to this, is this "pxe boot" just for install media, or is it for whole established (vm) systems to boot to a bare metal machine from a vm server?
Hey. Typically you use it for install media to install an OS on a lot of machines. Although it is possible to boot into an OS over PXE, particularly small Linux distributions and then it all just runs from RAM. This could be useful for use-use thin clients where the data isn't important, or you could save the important stuff to network drives. Personally, I've only used PXE for installing things such as Linux, Windows or TrueNAS.
Hi, its my first time doing this. I wanna apply this PXE server in order to install OS on user´s notebooks. this free version allows you to deploy 20 images at the same time or after doing it 20 times you must pay? Didnt get that point. I´ve already suscribed Thanks!
Hi. Thanks for the comment and sub! I'm not 100%, but have a look at my reply to mobile Mike's comment. This is what I "think" happens but tricky to prove.
Hi the Linux installations all are working but iam having issue with windows 10 and windows 11 installation when working with windows in 10 having screen issue ihave tried all the resolutions ansd also in windows11 having driver missing issue could you help mw with this issue
Hmm.. when you say tried all resolutions, you've tried higher ones too? I had an install of something recently which required 1080. It feels like a bug that the dev should be able to fix. This resolution thing seems to be a problem with Ventoy as well as iVentoy sometimes. I will try an install of W11 when I get time and see what I get.
Thanks! The documentation doesn't make it clear and I wondered the same thing. But I do think it means simulataneous rather than only 20 ever before buting a licence. When you PXE boot a device it shows in the "Device List" in iVentoy and stays there even after you have finished. However, when you stop the iVentoy service in the UI, it clears out that list. So I think the answer is: you can do up to 20, at which point you have to stop and start the service and then you can do another 20.
ok none of this helped at all, i have unraid server running iVentoy and its just flat out not working. how do i get this to start working normally so i can just turn on a pc that has no OS and only an ethernet connection and get it to find the iventoy pxe automatically ???
Sorry about late reply to your previous comment! I'm not sure about Secure Boot tbh, could be tricky I reckon. I will try and give a Windows install a go when I can and see what I get. The developer does have one page about a potential Windows issues, perhaps this is your issue? www.iventoy.com/en/doc_win_driver.html
Info might be good but he goes waaaaaay to fast to follow, as if you already know how to do this, which is the purpose of the video. Suggestion would be to slow down and explain more in detail.
"If you found this video or been watching my channel for a while, then you are probably someone who has a totally unnecessary home lab." is the best intro I've seen and really shows that the he knows his audience.
This video has saved my life! I've been using Serva for a few years, but it's an absolute pain to setup for non-windows ISOs. This is a million times better!
This was well done. I was confused by the DHCP stuff and this helped me get iVentoy working.
Thanks for the video pal, you just saved me a trip to the office. Subbed
For those interested - if your dhcp is windows server then the scope options you need to enable are 066 Boot Server Host Name(can be an IP) and 067 Bootfile Name. Works like a charm 👌
That introduction made me feel at home immediately!
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS. Thank you so much!
thank you this is exactly what i was looking for.
i made a couple changes like i had to use the _aa64 bootloader for it to work within proxmox. I also had an external nas with all my isos on it the same ones that I use for my proxmox server and I smb mounted that to the iso folder so they were always in sync
the fact that you are using unifi as i am was helpful as well...
cheers
Cool. I like that you mounted the isos from your NAS. The _aa64 piece is interesting and will hopefully help others. Thanks for the comment!
Extremely helpful. Thanks very much.
That intro bro, dude knows his audience 🤣🤣🤣
Any similar solution to deploy custom os build? Like create a master image and deploy it thru PXE
That has to be the perfect video, I also use ESXI and Unifi ❤
Great video many thanks
Really video was well done.
Have few queries to get clarify,
1. iVentoy tool comes up with internal DHCP server.?
2. Why we need a SMB install/configure in the end.?
Do you mind to clarify on the above points!
Hi!
What is your question with the first point? You should be able to choose between 3 options for dhcp in the settings.
The second one...this is just so that you can easily copy new iso images to your iVentoy PXE Server.
But you don't have to use Samba. You can use SSH to copy files. Or even better you could mount the "iso" folder to a remote machine such as a NAS.
Got it.
Thanks!
i put finger up ,
video look easy to do ,
i will try to install it on a raspberry pi
thx
I am on a gigabit network - would installation using PXE be faster then using a usb 3.0 pendrive
In theory network would be slower because USB 3.0 can be up to 5Gbps, where you have a 1Gbps network. But it does also depend on the speed of the USB pen drive you use, as most of them don't fully utilise the USB bandwidth.
In summary, I would expect a thumb drive to be a bit faster. If you used an external SSD or NVMe drive then I would expect it to be quite a bit faster.
So if speed is your requirement then probably stay with using Ventoy on a USB drive instead.
it isn't complete , how do i configure the pxe boot server ? i have been moving around for hours to get that the tutorial is not complete
never heard UEFI pronounced as you fee, I like it
😃
I haven't either and i don't like it. No one says youfee, the letters U E F I are pronounced individually. Same with PXE. Its not pixie.
Plenty of people say "pixie". "You-fee" less so but it's not unheard of, just Google it. Lots of things are abbreviated, so what not this hey. Either way, if you like it or not, thanks for watching and commenting.
You are the best tnks bro 44
i have an odd issue with following this everytime i pxeboot to this i get access denied.. is that a issue on my mikrotik router or something i setup incorrectly?
Sorry, I'm new to this, is this "pxe boot" just for install media, or is it for whole established (vm) systems to boot to a bare metal machine from a vm server?
Hey. Typically you use it for install media to install an OS on a lot of machines. Although it is possible to boot into an OS over PXE, particularly small Linux distributions and then it all just runs from RAM. This could be useful for use-use thin clients where the data isn't important, or you could save the important stuff to network drives.
Personally, I've only used PXE for installing things such as Linux, Windows or TrueNAS.
and no need to remove fast boot and secure boot ?
Hi, its my first time doing this. I wanna apply this PXE server in order to install OS on user´s notebooks. this free version allows you to deploy 20 images at the same time or after doing it 20 times you must pay? Didnt get that point.
I´ve already suscribed
Thanks!
Hi. Thanks for the comment and sub!
I'm not 100%, but have a look at my reply to mobile Mike's comment. This is what I "think" happens but tricky to prove.
Was Linux server or Linux desktop used in this video?
I just used Ubuntu Desktop, but I would suspect either would be fine.
Master!!!
What about Windows Iso files?
Hi the Linux installations all are working but iam having issue with windows 10 and windows 11 installation when working with windows in 10 having screen issue ihave tried all the resolutions ansd also in windows11 having driver missing issue could you help mw with this issue
Hmm.. when you say tried all resolutions, you've tried higher ones too? I had an install of something recently which required 1080.
It feels like a bug that the dev should be able to fix. This resolution thing seems to be a problem with Ventoy as well as iVentoy sometimes.
I will try an install of W11 when I get time and see what I get.
hello nice vidéo : Max Client Number 20 it's simultaneous ?
Thanks!
The documentation doesn't make it clear and I wondered the same thing.
But I do think it means simulataneous rather than only 20 ever before buting a licence. When you PXE boot a device it shows in the "Device List" in iVentoy and stays there even after you have finished.
However, when you stop the iVentoy service in the UI, it clears out that list.
So I think the answer is: you can do up to 20, at which point you have to stop and start the service and then you can do another 20.
Can you explain installing this on Synology ?
I don't use Synology, I use TrueNAS. So I'm not sure of the process, but you can run containers, so it should be doable.
ok none of this helped at all, i have unraid server running iVentoy and its just flat out not working. how do i get this to start working normally so i can just turn on a pc that has no OS and only an ethernet connection and get it to find the iventoy pxe automatically ???
it's not working with Windows ISO for information
Sorry about late reply to your previous comment! I'm not sure about Secure Boot tbh, could be tricky I reckon.
I will try and give a Windows install a go when I can and see what I get.
The developer does have one page about a potential Windows issues, perhaps this is your issue?
www.iventoy.com/en/doc_win_driver.html
Hi where can i get in touch with you
lol lol lol lol
You got my undivided attention by "unnecessary overkill homelab" ... Been hoarding deprecated enterprise gear for no good reason...
Its PXE, not pixie.
Ip r is faster than ifconfig
Thanks for the tip! I learned ifconfig so many years ago I just default to it.
I was gonna comment the same, only I use 'ip a'.
支持的用户数太少
如果是为了生意，那么可能是的。感谢您的观看。
Info might be good but he goes waaaaaay to fast to follow, as if you already know how to do this, which is the purpose of the video. Suggestion would be to slow down and explain more in detail.
Noted.
Netboot XYZ way better imo !
I think Techno Tim did a video on that, I need to check it out for sure.