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| James... |
 Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:39 am |
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I am interested in setting up a boot server (on Ubuntu Linux box),
which will allow clients to do LAN boot of Windows XP/7/other.
Really appreciate any help/links on this subject. |
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| Lew Pitcher... |
| Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:27 am |
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On September 15, 2009 09:39, in alt.os.linux.ubuntu, James
(james at (no spam) no_thanks.com) wrote:
Quote: I am interested in setting up a boot server (on Ubuntu Linux box),
which will allow clients to do LAN boot of Windows XP/7/other.
Really appreciate any help/links on this subject.
First off, familiarize yourself with the options. While it doesn't seem to
cover Windows netbooting, you should read the Network-Boot-howto at
tldp.org (http://tldp.org/HOWTO/pdf/Network-boot-HOWTO.pdf). It describes
the technologies available for a network boot.
I suspect that you will need specialized MSWindows tools and education in
order to configure a Windows image that will netboot. The last time I
looked (admittedly, several years ago), it was close to impossible to get
Windows to boot from the network (it took a lot of customization, both in
the boot environment, and in Windows).
You won't need such specialization for a Linux boot, though. Linux netboot
is fairly straightforward.
HTH
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Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576
http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | GPG public key available by request
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