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Troubleshooting › Boot Server Hostname Limitation

Boot Server Hostname Limitation

Symptom:

The deployment of Windows OS using Linux boot server failed during the boot image phase with the following error:

The network path was not found.

or

Fatal Error: No camenu-11 Boot Server share available.

Solution:

This behavior is due to the length of the boot server hostname. Deployment of Windows OS fails as the Windows client fails to access the file on the boot server hostname that has more than 15 characters. You can fix this issue by restricting the boot server hostname to 15 characters long only.