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 _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses on behalf of Vivista by MessageLabs. http://www.messagelabs.com <http://www.messagelabs.com> or Email: mailsweeper.info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Vivista formerly Securicor Information Systems for further information http://www.vivista.co.uk ********************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the individuals named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you should be aware that any dissemination, distribution, forwarding or other duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. The views expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual author and not necessarily those of Vivista Limited. Prior to taking any action based upon this e-mail message you should seek appropriate confirmation of its authenticity. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by using the e-mail reply facility. ********************************************************************** _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses on behalf of Vivista by MessageLabs. http://www.messagelabs.com <http://www.messagelabs.com> or Email: mailsweeper.info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Vivista formerly Securicor Information Systems for further information http://www.vivista.co.uk