How to protect with password PXE boot menu for Redeployment (Managed) Computer in Deployment 7.5.
- Create PXE Linux Preboot environment with name “LinuxPXEWinPE”.
- Create PXE Windows PE Preboot environment with name “WinPE_PXE”.
- Create a “C:\WinpeISO” folder on Notification Server.
- Run bootwiz.exe from C:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\SBS\Bootwiz\{374E1C49-4F58-4F5C-8D51-07A30F0D44AD}\cache\bootwiz
- Click Create New Configuration
- Enter Name “WinPEwithPassword”
- Select in Pre-boot Operating System for this configuration: Windows PE
- OEM Extension: DS
- Boot Media Type: ISO
- Boot Task Type: Automation
- In the Path field enter the C:\WinpeISO\WinPEwithPassword.iso
- Click Next and create iso WinPE file.
- Download a syslinux from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/syslinux-6.01.zip
- Unzip the syslinux to folder С:\WinpeISO\syslinux61
- Go to folder C:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\SBS\Images and copy folder LinuxPXEWinPE to LinuxPXEWinPE.backup
- Copy file pxelinux.0 from С:\WinpeISO\syslinux61\bios\core to folder C:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\SBS\Images\LinuxPXEWinPE\x86PC
- Copy file menu.c32 from С:\WinpeISO\syslinux61\bios\com32\menu to C:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\SBS\Images\LinuxPXEWinPE\x86PC
- Copy file ldlinux.c32 from С:\WinpeISO\syslinux61\bios\com32\elflink\ldlinux to C:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\SBS\Images\LinuxPXEWinPE\x86PC
- Copy file memdisk from С:\WinpeISO\syslinux61\bios\memdisk to C:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\SBS\Images\LinuxPXEWinPE\x86PC
- Copy file libutil.c32 from С:\WinpeISO\syslinux61\bios\com32\libutil to C:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\SBS\Images\LinuxPXEWinPE\x86PC
- In folder C:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\SBS\Images\LinuxPXEWinPE\x86PC\pxelinux.cfg create file “default “
default menu.c32
prompt 0
menu title PXE Special Boot Menu
menu INCLUDE pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf
MENU AUTOBOOT Starting Local System in # seconds
label WinPE
MENU LABEL Boot Windows PE from network
MENU PASSWD passw0rd
kernel memdisk
append iso raw
initrd WinPEwithPassword.iso
22. In folder C:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\SBS\Images\LinuxPXEWinPE\x86PC\pxelinux.cfg create file graphics.conf
menu color tabmsg 37;40 #80ffffff #00000000
menu color hotsel 30;47 #40000000 #20ffffff
menu color sel 30;47 #40000000 #20ffffff
menu color scrollbar 30;47 #40000000 #20ffffff
MENU MASTER PASSWD yourpassword
MENU WIDTH 80
MENU MARGIN 22
MENU PASSWORDMARGIN 26
MENU ROWS 6
MENU TABMSGROW 15
MENU CMDLINEROW 15
MENU ENDROW 24
MENU PASSWORDROW 12
MENU TIMEOUTROW 13
MENU VSHIFT 6
MENU PASSPROMPT Enter Password:
NOESCAPE 1
ALLOWOPTIONS 0
23. Copy WinPEwithPassword.iso file to the folder C:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\SBS\Images\LinuxPXEWinPE\x86PC.
24. Go to console Notification Server and configure a NBS General Settings for Redeployment (Managed Computer) and select Respond to Managed computers , “LinuxPXEWinPE “ in PXE boot Image and Continue immediately (Do not prompt) options.
Now, you have to enter password "passw0rd" for boot to Windows PE for redeployment managed computer.