Re: Computer Name

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From: y.qualystem (y.qualystem_at_netcourrier.com)
Date: 12/13/04 

Date: 13 Dec 2004 14:25:53 -0800

You can also use Qualystem™ LAN-PC software:
It is a remote boot software suite for Windows 2K/XP/XPe
clients. Said clients can be run diskless, of course, and they can also
be run all off the same "HD-image" at the same time (shared image).
The HD images can be mounted by the client in
"volatile" mode (writes are lost after a reboot) or in
"persistent" mode (writes are NOT lost after a reboot).

Qualystem™ LAN-PC does not use RAM disk and then you
need less RAM in your clients, and less bandwidth to boot
(instead of transferring the whole footprint to the
RAMDisk, you just transfer the needed data).
It uses it's own "NetDisk".

With Qualystem™ LAN-PC, the actual clients host names are
either constructed from each client MAC address, either
from the DHCP tag #12 (CHN = client host name. In that
case, DHCP reservations are required so that an actual
host name can be assigned to a client MAC address)

More details on Qualystem™ Web Site:

http://www.qualystem.com/en/lannetpc.html

Furthermore, with Qualystem™ UbiBoot, one can build
a single HD image that can boot different motherboards
at the same time... Imagine: You can build a single
Windows XPe installation and have it being able to run on
devices that use different motherboards, present or
future...

Hope this helps

> > Hi KM,
> >
> > Thank you for your reply. Yes, I'm talking about the RAM disk with
Remote
> > Boot Manager, and I'd like to change the computer name without a
reboot.
> >
> > Since System Cloning assigns a random computer name and our
applications are
> > based on computer name, I have to specify computer name for each
cloned XPe.
> > We've already used the same way to set computer name on Windows NT
Embedded
> > (no cloning, just a same image for different computers), and it
worked fine
> > on NT embedded. Now, we're going to use XPe for new projects.
> >
> > It seems there is no way to set computer name in XPe, that's fair
because
> > XPe doesn't know how many computers will use the same image. But I
guess XPe
> > should give chance to user to specify their own computer names
with, for
> > example, Remote Boot Manager or a batch file.
> >
> > Bin

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