win32-loader.exe [1] is a Debian project, similar to Ubuntu's Wubi, that uses the Windows boot manager to load a Linux kernel.
We sent a patch upstream [2] to allow win32-loader to load gPXE [3] instead of a Linux kernel. It has been accepted, but since gPXE is not yet in Debian one needs to manually compile win32-loader.exe to get gPXE support (without changing the sources). You can download a precompiled win32-loader.exe with a statically linked gpxe-1.0.lkrn from [4]. If you run it in Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 and select "PXE mode: install a PXE loader to allow remote kernel loading.", you'll get a "PXE - Network boot" option in the Windows boot manager, which you can use to easily turn Windows machines into LTSP clients. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win32-loader_%28Debian%29 [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607417 [3] http://www.etherboot.org [4] http://ts.sch.gr/docs/kanonismoi-diadikasies/doc_download/327-ltsp-loader ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these rules translate into the virtual world? http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
