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Downloads:

1,735

Downloads of v 1.5:

1,735

Last Update:

01 Dec 2016

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • AOMEI

Tags:

aomei pxe boot tool admin

AOMEI PXE Boot Tool (Install)

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1.5 | Updated: 01 Dec 2016

Downloads:

1,735

Downloads of v 1.5:

1,735

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • AOMEI

AOMEI PXE Boot Tool (Install) 1.5

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This Package Contains an Exempted Check

Not All Tests Have Passed


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Exemption:

AOMEI PXE Boot Tool will not on Windows Server OSes, only the Pro/Business version will. Thus it can't pass automated testing ever.

Details

Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

Details
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install AOMEI PXE Boot Tool (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade AOMEI PXE Boot Tool (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall AOMEI PXE Boot Tool (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade pxe-boot-tool -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade pxe-boot-tool -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install pxe-boot-tool
  win_chocolatey:
    name: pxe-boot-tool
    version: '1.5'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'pxe-boot-tool' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '1.5'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller pxe-boot-tool
{
    Name     = "pxe-boot-tool"
    Version  = "1.5"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'pxe-boot-tool':
  ensure   => '1.5',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

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Package Approved

This package was approved by moderator gep13 on 07 Dec 2016.

Description

Screenshot of AOMEI PXE Boot Tool

A free tool attached with AOMEI Backupper

Boot multiple client computers within same LAN through the network
booting from an image file on a server computer for system maintenance
and optimization.

Overview of AOMEI PXE Boot Tool

The main function of AOMEI PXE Boot Tool is to boot your computers from an image file on network. It’s easy to use it. After installation, you just need a few clicks following the guide. Besides, it supports synchronous boot of multiple computers.

When to Use AOMEI PXE Boot Tool?

  • You need to maintain or install system for multiple computers and it’s impossible to insert CD or USB into these computers one by one.
  • Your computer cannot start normally already and it can’t boot through loading image file on inner hard drive.
  • You have a server and a lot of clients within LAN, but these clients may have no CD-ROM drive and USB ports.
  • Or the CD-ROM drive and USB ports are unavailable.
  • Or, you have no CD or USB image at hand to boot up the multiple clients.

Advantages of AOMEI PXE Boot Tool

Strong Compatibility

Compared with other PXE boot tools, AOMEI PXE Boot Tool supports bootable micro-system created by you. Therefore, if you have a powerful Linux bootable ISO or Windows PE bootable ISO, you can easily maintain the computers within LAN through network with your micro-system.

Freeware

AOMEI PXE Boot is a free software for personal and system manager, aims to provide users with a faster and easier method to build your PXE server and cheer users. So, please be assured use.

Easy Interaction

Special designed for network boot, easy interaction and uses it in two steps:

  • Install AOMEI PXE Boot to a master computer, select an image file and start service.
  • For the client computers need to be maintained from network boot, set its BIOS boot mode as "Network boot".

tools\chocolateyinstall.ps1
$packageName   = 'pxe-boot-tool'
$toolsDir      = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$installerType = 'exe'
$url           = 'http://www.aomeisoftware.com/download/pxe/PXEBoot.exe'
$checksum      = '982BB7FDF2AA85A0E233462B9B47F368AD7B4FD8ACACF8185C0B5C3B96286796'
$silentArgs    = '/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-'

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName   = $packageName
  unzipLocation = $toolsDir
  fileType      = $installerType
  url           = $url
  silentArgs    = $silentArgs
  softwareName  = 'AOMEI PXE Boot Free*' 
  checksum      = $checksum 
  checksumType  = 'sha256'  
  }
Install-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs

tools\chocolateyuninstall.ps1
# IMPORTANT: Before releasing this package, copy/paste the next 2 lines into PowerShell to remove all comments from this file:
#   $f='c:\path\to\thisFile.ps1'
#   gc $f | ? {$_ -notmatch "^\s*#"} | % {$_ -replace '(^.*?)\s*?[^``]#.*','$1'} | Out-File $f+".~" -en utf8; mv -fo $f+".~" $f

## NOTE: In 80-90% of the cases (95% with licensed versions due to Package Synchronizer and other enhancements), you may 
## not need this file due to AutoUninstaller. See https://chocolatey.org/docs/commands-uninstall

## If this is an MSI, cleaning up comments is all you need.
## If this is an exe, change installerType and silentArgs
## Auto Uninstaller should be able to detect and handle registry uninstalls (if it is turned on, it is in preview for 0.9.9).
## - https://chocolatey.org/docs/helpers-uninstall-chocolatey-package

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; # stop on all errors

$packageName = 'pxe-boot-tool'
$softwareName = 'pxe-boot-tool*' #part or all of the Display Name as you see it in Programs and Features. It should be enough to be unique
$installerType = 'MSI' 
#$installerType = 'EXE' 

$silentArgs = '/qn /norestart'
# https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa376931(v=vs.85).aspx
$validExitCodes = @(0, 3010, 1605, 1614, 1641)
if ($installerType -ne 'MSI') {
  # The below is somewhat naive and built for EXE installers
  # Uncomment matching EXE type (sorted by most to least common)
  #$silentArgs = '/S'           # NSIS
  #$silentArgs = '/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-' # Inno Setup
  #$silentArgs = '/s'           # InstallShield
  #$silentArgs = '/s /v"/qn"' # InstallShield with MSI
  #$silentArgs = '/s'           # Wise InstallMaster
  #$silentArgs = '-s'           # Squirrel
  #$silentArgs = '-q'           # Install4j
  #$silentArgs = '-s -u'        # Ghost
  # Note that some installers, in addition to the silentArgs above, may also need assistance of AHK to achieve silence.
  #$silentArgs = ''             # none; make silent with input macro script like AutoHotKey (AHK)
                                #       https://chocolatey.org/packages/autohotkey.portable
  $validExitCodes = @(0)
}

$uninstalled = $false
# Get-UninstallRegistryKey is new to 0.9.10, if supporting 0.9.9.x and below,
# take a dependency on "chocolatey-uninstall.extension" in your nuspec file.
# This is only a fuzzy search if $softwareName includes '*'. Otherwise it is 
# exact. In the case of versions in key names, we recommend removing the version
# and using '*'.
[array]$key = Get-UninstallRegistryKey -SoftwareName $softwareName

if ($key.Count -eq 1) {
  $key | % { 
    $file = "$($_.UninstallString)"

    if ($installerType -eq 'MSI') {
      # The Product Code GUID is all that should be passed for MSI, and very 
      # FIRST, because it comes directly after /x, which is already set in the 
      # Uninstall-ChocolateyPackage msiargs (facepalm).
      $silentArgs = "$($_.PSChildName) $silentArgs"

      # Don't pass anything for file, it is ignored for msi (facepalm number 2) 
      # Alternatively if you need to pass a path to an msi, determine that and 
      # use it instead of the above in silentArgs, still very first
      $file = ''
    }

    Uninstall-ChocolateyPackage -PackageName $packageName `
                                -FileType $installerType `
                                -SilentArgs "$silentArgs" `
                                -ValidExitCodes $validExitCodes `
                                -File "$file"
  }
} elseif ($key.Count -eq 0) {
  Write-Warning "$packageName has already been uninstalled by other means."
} elseif ($key.Count -gt 1) {
  Write-Warning "$key.Count matches found!"
  Write-Warning "To prevent accidental data loss, no programs will be uninstalled."
  Write-Warning "Please alert package maintainer the following keys were matched:"
  $key | % {Write-Warning "- $_.DisplayName"}
}


## OTHER HELPERS
## https://chocolatey.org/docs/helpers-reference
#Uninstall-ChocolateyZipPackage $packageName # Only necessary if you did not unpack to package directory - see https://chocolatey.org/docs/helpers-uninstall-chocolatey-zip-package
#Uninstall-ChocolateyEnvironmentVariable # 0.9.10+ - https://chocolatey.org/docs/helpers-uninstall-chocolatey-environment-variable 
#Uninstall-BinFile # Only needed if you used Install-BinFile - see https://chocolatey.org/docs/helpers-uninstall-bin-file
## Remove any shortcuts you added


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