Re: RIS Question...

From: mingram27 (mingram27_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:56:08 -0800

Hey Bill,

Thanks for the advice but here is where it gets confusing. Allen Firouz
writes this:

RIS will respond to any client that requests a PXE, regardless of whether
there is an OS or not. If you want to prevent it from going to PCs that
should not get it, there are two way to do this, 1) pre-stage the PCs that
you will be RIS'ing and/or 2) setup the permissions on the image so that
ordinary users cannot bring down an image. For full information on the how
of it, refer to the link below:

He has stated something quite different than you. I like to think that you
are right because it sounds sensible but I am not sure. Can I setup RIS to
just load an image on 50 PC's without human intervention ( unattended ) ? And
do I need to edit the .SIF file(s) to do so? Please help.

"William Hutchison [MSFT]" wrote:

> Usually, when a PC is booting up, you have to hit the F12 key in order to
> instruct the PC to do a network boot. If the user does hit F12, and a RIS
> server is available, they will then be presented with the option enter a
> username and password in order to be authorized to install an OS. Finally,
> if there are multiple OS images on the RIS server, the user will have the
> option of selecting which OS to install. So it is unlikely that OS will
> just be blasted down to every box as it boots up. Hope this helps. Thanks.
>
> --
> William Hutchison [MSFT]
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
> "mingram27" <mingram27@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:529465BB-87AD-48CF-9F6B-F2B46FC84FC4@microsoft.com...
> > Once my RIS server is up and running. Will existing clients on the network
> > try to contact it for an OS image or OS install or will the RIS server
> > only
> > install on clients without an OS.
> >
> > How do I make sure that the RIS do not install over an existing OS on a
> > client that tried to contact it? I think I have an idea but I want to know
> > from some experts
> >
> > thank you all for your help
> > --
> > Phil Network Admin
>
>
>

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