CompTIA A+ Question

[DarkFireGuy]

9) You are attempting to image a computer from a PXE server but the PC is defaulting to checking the DVD drive for an image disk. You know you should change the __________ in BIOS to select the PXE server as the image location.

• A) Clock
• B) Boot sequence
• C) Primary storage location
• D) BIOS Security

Given the above question, why is the answer B and not C?

 

Wouldn't it make more sense to set the server as the storage location, or am I misunderstanding something?

 

I'm really new to this so go easy on me :\

[TheKDub]

B. The boot sequence is the order that the system checks for bootable devices. If you want to boot to PXE, you need to put PXE higher in the list than the next bootable drive.

[Crunchy Dragon]

The boot sequence is the order in which a system will try to boot.

 

For example, on one of my old systems the boot sequence consists of:

• HDD0(hard drive)
• ODD(optical drive)
• FDD(floppy drive)

Changing the boot sequence would mean you would be able to set the system to boot from the PXE server instead of a local drive, allowing you to successfully image the system.

Similar to booting to a USB drive, you have to go the boot menu and set the system to boot from the USB drive instead of an internal drive. Same basic principle here.

[DarkFireGuy]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

The boot sequence is the order in which a system will try to boot.

 

For example, on one of my old systems the boot sequence consists of:

• HDD0(hard drive)
• ODD(optical drive)
• FDD(floppy drive)

Changing the boot sequence would mean you would be able to set the system to boot from the PXE server instead of a local drive, allowing you to successfully image the system.

Similar to booting to a USB drive, you have to go the boot menu and set the system to boot from the USB drive instead of an internal drive. Same basic principle here.

OH okay, cause I thought that setting the PXE server as the primary storage device would make the computer boot from it.

[DarkFireGuy]

3 minutes ago, TheKDub said:

B. The boot sequence is the order that the system checks drives for an operating system. If you want to boot to PXE, you need to put PXE higher in the list than the next bootable drive.

I see. +1

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, DarkFireGuy said:

OH okay, cause I thought that setting the PXE server as the primary storage device would make the computer boot from it.

That kind of is the point, since you're trying to image the system.

Since the PXE server contains the image file you're going to be using, you'd want to boot to it.

 

Again, if you're using a USB drive to install an OS, you have to the write the image file to the USB drive and boot to that in order to install.