Re: RIS & Laptops?

From: billyw (b_at_brainless.net)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:25:34 +0100

boy u know how to have a laugh

"Neil" <neilmcse@nospamforyou.com> wrote in message
news:Xns952C597C985Bneilmcsehotmailcom@207.46.248.16...
> "Ben Blackmore" <bjblackmore@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:ugtAkDlbEHA.2292@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:
>
> > We've just got in a load of new HP nx4000 and they do
> > pxe boot, and I'm currently installing win2k on them all! Is this
> > because the network card is built in, and is so considered a PCI NIC?
>
> no it is because RIS requires PXE. there are plenty of PCI NICs that did
> not support RIS (either thru PXE of the rbfg).
>
> > If a question should come up in an exam saying "you have a laptop
> > computer and want to use RIS to install win2k, is this possible -
> > yes/no" which would be correct?
>
> I would go with what the documentation for a product says for the exam
> every single time. MS also said that the IIS4 SMTP service had to be
> installed on an NTFS partition. I have installed it on FAT for sh!ts and
> giggles, but I don't think that'd be something I'd do in real life.
> (well, I don't think I'd use the IIS4 SMTP service for anything in real
> life. there are better SMTP services out there...)
>
> --
> Neil MCNGP #30
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