[windows2000] Re: RES: Re: Re network boot disk

  • From: "Sullivan, Glenn" <GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 09:10:44 -0400

No, there is no was that I know of.
 
It is because of what Microsoft call's the Groveller service, which crawls
through your RIS images looking for common files.  It then removes the
duplicates, and does an Exchange-like Single-Instance-Storage with the
files.
 
If you put the images on the same partition as your boot or system files,
you OS would be grovelled as well.  Not good...
 
Just stick a 40 gig drive in a machine, put Windows on 10 gig, and make a
separate partition for RIS with the rest...
 
BTW, does anyone else think it is strange that your operating SYSTEM is in
the BOOT partition, and you BOOT files are in the SYSTEM partition?
 

Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I  MCDBA
David Clark Company Inc. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Eduardo Freitas [mailto:eduardofreitas@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 8:43 AM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] RES: Re: Re network boot disk



Glenn,

 

I read somewhere that the partition which has the images cannot be a system
or boot partition. Is there any way around that? I don't have a machine
lying around right now...

Regards,

Eduardo Herrmann de Freitas
-----Mensagem original-----
De: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Em nome de Sullivan, Glenn
Enviada em: quarta-feira, 1 de outubro de 2003 15:50
Para: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Assunto: [windows2000] Re: Re network boot disk

 

How about Microsoft's Remote Installation Services?  Free with your Win2K
license...

 

I use it to deploy Win2K all the time.  And even WinXP in a pinch.

 

Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I  MCDBA
David Clark Company Inc. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Fogarty [mailto:rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 2:44 PM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Re network boot disk

Thinking out loud here...  I wonder if someone doesn't need the Altiris
software could they still enable PXE on the clients and setup some type of
PXE server?  I know that's essentially what Altiris' Deployment solution is
doing, but I wonder if someone actually has a free (low cost) PXE server out
there somewhere.  


Anyone?

-----Original Message-----
From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ibrahim, Mustafa
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 1:54 PM
To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Re network boot disk

Brian, can you tell me where I can get tech info on this?

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Lilley [mailto:Brian.Lilley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 01 October 2003 17:38
To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Re network boot disk

use Altiris here... and we don't need boot disks....just PXE boot enabled on
Nics.... which is nice

-----Original Message-----
From: Ibrahim, Mustafa [mailto:Mustafa.Ibrahim@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 01 October 2003 17:26
To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Re network boot disk

Nice, Thanks Brian and everyone else. Much appreciated

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Anderson [mailto:BAnderson@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 01 October 2003 16:50
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Re network boot disk

do you actually have Ghost? We use Ghost 6.5 and there's a wizard that helps
you make a multiboot floppy that reads about almost any nic you can imagine.
And if there's something else you need, there's an option to insert the NDIS
driver and let the wizard to take care of it for you. Makes it real easy

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ibrahim, Mustafa [mailto:Mustafa.Ibrahim@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 08:40
To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [windows2000] Re network boot disk

 

Hi all, 

Apologies if this is off topic. 

Is there a network boot disk maker out there. I need a utility that
simplifies the process of creating network boot disks. I want to be able to
create a single bootable CDROM that contains all the network drivers for all
my desktop and laptop systems. 

Basically, I have all my ghost images are on a central imaging server.
Currently, we have several different boot disks for each type of NIC in a
given system. They don't all have the same NICs. I am trying to simplify
this process, by creating a single bootable cdrom. Any ideas are welcome
guys.  Many thanks as always

Mustafa 


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