Installing XP over Network

[Martin]

Is anyone aware of a way to install XP Professional via PXE booting from a
network, without using RIS. I do not have a Windows 2000 or 2003 server.

Thanks

Martin

 

[Steve Marfisi]

Use a Windows-capable (98,me, NT, XP) or Linux-capable PXE & TFTP
server, load DOS boot image with MS TCP/IP stack, mount a network
sharepoint pointing to XP i386 dir, and launch setup. Check out
http://unattended.sourceforge.net for an example.

Steve Marfisi
www.emboot.com

 

[Guest]

Martin

You could try creating a distribution folder, share this
folder out over your network and copy the I386 folder from
Windows XP CD.

The distribution folder can be on a workstation!

Please feel free to send me your comments

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