[syslinux] Can PXELinux be used to deploy windows ?

Matt Hyclak hyclak at math.ohiou.edu
Tue Oct 17 09:11:01 PDT 2006


On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 10:41:18AM -0400, Matt Hyclak enlightened us:
> On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 02:42:09PM +0100, Ryan McLean enlightened us:
> > >I just added a link to "unattended"
> > >at http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/UseCases#PXELINUX
> > >
> > >
> > >HtH
> > >GSt
> > 
> > Thanks that looks to be quite useful.
> > 
> > Just while i am on the subject can ISOLinux start a windows install?
> > (yes i am obsessed with windows installs this week :( )
> > 
> > The reason i ask is, that in my company our trainers use both windows and 
> > linux for software demos.
> > And rather than have a cd / dvd for linux & one for windows i would like 
> > to consolidate both Linux and
> > windows onto one DVD, boot to ISOLinux and use the vesamenu system to 
> > display a choice of OS to
> > install to the users.
> > 
> 
> That's what unattended does. It boots from ISOLinux into a minimal linux
> environment, connects via cifs to the remaining files it needs (installers
> and the like), then uses dosemu to launch winnt.exe to perform the install.
> 

Perhaps I should clarify:

You can use PXELinux to boot from the network, or use the provided Linuxboot
CD which uses ISOLinux, obviously.

Matt

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Matt Hyclak
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