Troubleshooting WDS and PXE in Configuration Manager 2007

If you ever tried to configure Operating System Deployment in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 you inevitably have run into the required Windows Deployment Server (WDS). Setting up WDS for Operating System Deployment in ConfigMgr does have some pitfalls in it as I've pointed out in a different post.

Additionally I found an article over at The Manageablity Team Blog called ConfigMgr 2007: Troubleshooting PXE Service Point Issues and WDS service not starting.

If you cannot get the PXE Service Point to work in ConfigMgr 2007 or if the Windows Deployment Service (WDS) Server service is not starting, some of the common error messages you might receive include:

At the PXE boot screen:

PXE-E53: No boot filename received
PXE-T01: File not found
PXE-E3B: TFTP Error - File not Found
No response from Windows Deployment Services server

In the PXESetup.log:

Error - WDS is not installed. Installation cannot continue

The article summarizes the steps to troubleshoot the logfiles, some preliminary checks and some further troubleshooting tips.

Read more at source.