[syslinux] Windows Installation..

[Ardill, Robert (DTEI)]

Lookup Business Desktop Deployment on the MS site.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopdeployment/default.mspx

This is the direction MS are heading with Vista. It's based around WIM
imaging (Non destructive) and WinPE. Pxelinux complements it well. BDD uses
RIS to load WinPE but you can substitute PXELinux and have a flexible menu
for other boot disks etc. We are currently using at my work and it has
simplified the whole process greatly.

BDD incorporates automation of building reference system images. (Without
driver dependancies) And a Zero or Light Touch deployment of those images.
It works well with SMS Operating System Deployment Pack, but you can
essentailly take what you want from it, to build a process that suits your
needs.

Very Slick. Check it out. BDD 2.5 if a free download.

The unattended process is nice, but getting a bit dated when compared to the
speed and simplicity of BDD based imaging.

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com]On
Behalf Of Murali Krishnan Ganapathy
Sent: Friday, 11 November 2005 12:34 AM
To: Shaun
Cc: syslinux at zytor.com
Subject: Re: [syslinux] Windows Installation..


I install windows using ISOLINUX but the procedure is the same. I have 
the contents of windows CDROM on the network and using the isolinux 
based CD you can install dual boot machines without much input from the 
user (the person installing it). You can find details at 
http://gui.mahamurali.net. This does not require RIS at all and during 
the first phase of the installation it copied the contents of the 
"Windows CDROM" to the hard disk, so it shouldn't need the CD again.

- Murali

Shaun wrote:
> I guess this really isnt the right place to be posting this it's probably
the best place for me to find the answer.
>
> I would like to know if any of you are doing windows 2000/2003 installs
over PXE and if so how you had it setup.  I've done some searching on google
and mostly found info about somthing called RIS or RAS or whatever.... it
required a windows box and thats not a option..  I was thinking about just
putting the ISO on a image and booting that with memdisk but after a reboot
windows always wants the cd so i dont think that will work.  Can anybody
point me in the right direction...
>
> ~Shaun
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