Re: XP Install Using PXE/Imaging.

Hi

Just have a look to http://ani.sourceforge.net
That's an easy-to-use network installation service.

Tell us what you think about this

PaulK wrote in
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> If anyone can figure this out, they will be my hero :)
>
> I have an older Toshiba notebook that does not have the capibility to boot
> from a CD-Rom Drive. So I thought to myself, fine I'll just grab the 6
Floppy
> Disk XP Pro SP2 set off MS.com and it will detect my CD drive. No luck.
Its a
> PCMCIA based drive that doesnt seem to be working.
>
> I borrowed an External Plextor 48x24x48U USB CD Drive from work and tried
to
> boot off it and use the 6 disk floppy set. Unfortunately there is only 1
USB
> port and the floppy drive I'm using is USB based. No luck with that
option.
>
> I installed VMWare 5 on my desktop PC and created a virtual XP Pro SP2
> install. After the XP install I created a partition on the virtual hard
drive
> and created an image (sysprep'ed and all) of the XP install onto it using
> PowerQuest Deploy Center. I created a boot disk and added it to my PXE
server
> listing and sucessfully imaged the laptop. Unfortunately I cant boot into
> Windows after imaging. It just hangs before reaching the colorful XP boot
> screen. (Hangs at the black and white loading bar) IRQ problems I'd
assume.
>
> Thoughts I've had:
>
> 1) Make a virtual floppy set of the XP setup diskettes and use PXE, hoping
> that it will see the USB cd drive. (Cant figure out how to use PXE with
more
> that one floppy image)
>
> 2) Create an image that will work. I can image the laptop without a
problem,
> I just have to create a HAL independant one or repair the existing image
that
> hangs on boot up.
>
> 3) Chuck the POS off of a roof
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated
>
> Paul Krevs
> Neowin.net


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