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Friday 13 September 2013

2X Thin Client - PXE boot NBP is too big to fit into free base memory

Having problems with a PXE Boot image that caused this error.

PXE Error

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When you start the PXE Boot you are shown this error message

NBP is too big to fit in free base memory

DHCP Setting

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The issue is found in the DHCP Settings, you cannot load an IMG file straight into a PXE boot. The above image shows that the IMG file is being attempted to be loaded by the PXE boot. This will fail as it is too large to load at PXE boot.

PXE Boot File

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The file you need to load is the PXE Boot file that then calls the IMG file you want to boot from. In this case I was using the 2X Thin Client and this has a PXELINUX.0 file in the TFTP root.

Update DHCP Option 67

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In your DHCP config, update Option 67 to read the PXELINUX.0 file instead of the IMG file location.

Restart PXE Boot

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Now when you start the PXE boot you will see that the PXELINUX.0 boots and then loads the IMG file correctly.

2X Thin Client

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Now the 2X Thin Client boots as expected.

Thursday 12 September 2013

Outlook 2013 List Pane is Blank

After a Windows Update you notice your List Pane in Outlook 2013 is blank.

Blank Pane Problem

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When you try to use the List Pane you can see it is blank and it is covering the lower pane list for Mail, Calendar and People.

Which Update caused this?

The Update that causes the problem is found here.

Wednesday 4 September 2013

How to move a user from a Parent Domain to a Child Domain with PowerShell

If you have a situation where you need to move a Active Directory object from a Parent Domain to a Child Domain you will find you cannot do this with the Active Dirrectory MMC.  You need Power Shell.

Here is the Power Shell for the task

move-AdObject -Identity"CN=HotChilli,OU=Overseas,OU=Staff,OU=Users,OU=daveshotsauce,DC=daveshotsauce,DC=Local" -TargetPath "OU=US,DC=us,DC=daveshotsauce,DC=local" -TargetServer "habenero.us.daveshotsauce.local"