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I would like to setup a PXE environment where I can re-image machines remotely without any user intervention. Only problem is when the re-imaging is completed it will do the re-imaging again and again and again. If I remove the MAC address file then I just get a error saying it can't find the MAC address file and the system stops. I also tried turning off the TFTP server and I get a error stating can't find TFTPD server. How can I make client machines only PXE boot once and after the re-imaging it will boot into Windows and everything is happy? And only PXE boot when I want it too... I'm using TFTPD32 to serve the files. I'm using a Windows 2003 DHCP server that points to pxelinux.0...

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Wouldn't changing the boot order in BIOS on the clients do this? Boot disk first then NIC, once an OS is present it will boot only from the HDD.

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Only problem with that there is already a pre-existing OS on the Hard Drive... So it will never do the PXE boot... – troz123 Feb 26 '11 at 21:46
Aah, sorry, didn't see the RE-imaging – Tog Feb 26 '11 at 21:50
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This sounds odd. When I was using PXE boot, enabling it on the client meant that it would look first for a PXE boot server, and failing that boot normally. I want to say that there's an option to be found on your client to change this setting, as it seems like you're getting abnormal behavior.

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