> We need to image the machines as needed to preserve their ability to > serve the foreign students their windows goodies. If we do a Linux > install on the machines, we need to return the lab to its initial state.
How about booting linux diskless? Then you dont have to touch the current install at all (other than putting a different boot loader on it). Grub has netboot capabilities, does linux support it? (My bet is yes). Tim N.