James Cammarata wrote: > Ok, think I've got a working solution (but haven't tested it yet). >
This pretty much sounds like what I have suggested we do earlier, but for the random generation of NTLDR and winnt.sif names. Those can just sequence (w0001, w0002, ... if you will). If nothing else, a sqlite db can track what is what. > This will be alpha-numeric, > so the hard limit on systems in cobbler will be 36^4 (1,679,616) windows > systems... actually the filename is limited to exactly 5 characters, but if you make it start with a "w", there's only one set of TFTP rewrite rules you'd have to do to have all Windows related files in a sub-directory of the TFTP root. > > So far, what works: > 1) importing XP from CD Note that I found you'll need startrom.n12 from Windows 2003 and we're not allowed to ship it. > 2) profile/system creation > 3) ASCII pxe file generation > 4) tftpd rule generation > This could be a one time if you settle for having all Windows related files in one sub-directory of the TFTP root. > What doesn't: > 1) sif (answer file) generation This could just be a single winnt.sif to get things running and evolve from there. Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
