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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am trying to install Windows Server 2012 on physical servers. Followed the instructions here
<a href="http://ipxe.org/wimboot">http://ipxe.org/wimboot</a>. After loading all the files I see a blank screen. I found several posts with this issue but with no definitive solution.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">http://forum.ipxe.org/showthread.php?tid=7085<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">http://forum.ipxe.org/showthread.php?tid=7121<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">http://lists.ipxe.org/pipermail/ipxe-devel/2013-January/002176.html<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I added the missing font, made sure the bios is at latest, etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The same task works fine on a VM hosted on Xen but doesn’t work on a physical servers. These are some hardware details<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">"bios_vendor":"HP",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">"bios_version":"P58",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">"bios_release_date":"05/02/2011",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">"manufacturer":"HP",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">"productname":"ProLiant DL360 G5",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">"serialnumber":"USE839N9CA",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">"uuid":"33393935-3234-5553-4538-33394E394341",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">"type":"Rack Mount Chassis"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Are there any know issues ? Any help is appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Amit <o:p></o:p></p>
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