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Network Installation of Windows 2000 & XP

  • 04-12-2006 10:46am
    #1
    Stky10
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    I'm trying to set up a network installation system for Windows 2000 & XP. It would also be pretty handy if I could include a version of office in the install as well. And ideally, the os images should sit on the same server.

    Is this possible? How would I differentiate which machine would install 2000 and which XP?, and how do I add in other applications to the install image?


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  • #2
    jamesd
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    You could use ghost or else RIS here
    With Ghost build the os - add the application e.g. office and take the image
    Same with Ris
    How to differentiate which machine would install which os - that should be down to hardware and the requirements - or when installing it would be down to the installer to pick
    To add extra apps would require a new image build


  • #3
    Stky10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭Stky10


    Yeah, I've used Acronis TrueImage in the past, which as far as I know is the same methodology as Ghost. Its fairly limited though in terms of having to boot from the cd, and start it off manually by pointing out on the network where the image was etc. The image also has only the drivers for that pc, so on a different hardware pc the image might not work.

    I guess I'm thinking back to my Solaris days when you could set up different profiles on a server, use various different Solaris OS's, and use startup and end scripts for pre and post installation for patches etc. So from the command line, you could give a "boot net - install" command, and walk away from it for an hour, and when you came back you'd back you'd have a fully functioning system.

    I thought I remembered reading about something similar built into windows as well. Maybe I'm wrong.


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