How to setup a Windows 2003 boot server

you have to enable DHCP service on your Windows box. You can do that by going into the Control Panel, open Add/Remove Programs, select Windows Components and finally Networking Services. There, enable Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
You need to configure the DHCP service now. Launch the DHCP admin tool by going into the Control Panel, open Admin Tools and select DHCP.

Expand the server tree.

Right click on Reservations->New Reservation...

In Reservation name, put the workstation's host name. Enter an unused IP address. Enter the PA-RISC box' MAC address (no delimiters, just the hex number). Select Both for whether it should be bootp or dhcp. Click Ok to close this window.

Look for your newly created reservation at the bottom of the list under Reservations and click it.

Right click on Configure Options...

It should have inherited your server's default options, so we won't cover setting router, dns, wins and lease length.

Scroll down the list of options to 066: Boot Server Host Name. Check the box next to option 066. Enter your tftp server's ip address, because IPL can't resolve hostnames.

Check option 067: Bootfile Name and enter the name of the lifimage. Generally, lifimage is a good choice here.

Click Ok and your dhcp server is ready!

Get & setup the TFTP server

To get the network boot process operational, you need the TFTP service that provides the basic file system at boot time. Get Tftpd from http://tftpd32.jounin.net/. You must download the latest version in zip format. Unzip it and store it in your favorite place. Then, you must setup the monster.


Run tftpd32.

Click the Browse button.

Browse to where you put your lifimage, highlight it and click Ok.

Make sure the IP address below the directory is the one you gave to your PA-RISC box.

Let tftpd32 open. The tftp server only runs when the GUI is displayed.

Attempt to netboot

Settings on the DHCP server (verify the PA-RISC MAC address is correct).

Your dhcp server is on the same physical network segment as the PA-RISC box.

The state of the network connection of the 2 boxes.

Try to tcpdump while you are booting the PA-RISC box over the lan.