Rob Thanks for the suggestions, I do have remote access by way of remote desktop, so I can effectively do whatever I need, however I would have liked to be able to boot a copy of the OS stored on a linux server via enhanced tftp similar to LTSP.
On further investigation though, I found Barts Preinstallation environment software http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ , which will help to a certain degree, however it needs console access to the machine, meaning I need to hook up peripherals to engage it. The ideal solution was to have a couple of partitions, one for data and one for OS and I could just blitz the OS one whenever I needed to remotely. I'll look further into it, but looks like its going to be a doozy Cheers again Darren -----Original Message----- From: Robert (Rob) M. Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 March 2004 10:05 To: 'SLUG-list' Subject: RE: [Scottish] Remote Boot using DHCP & PXE Darren, Assuming you can get remote access to the machine (via telnet or other), just issue the Windows shutdown command (see shutdown /? For options) to reboot the machine (after you put the new image into position by some sort of script). You may also want to investigate and solve the root-cause of the corruption ... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paxton, Darren Sent: 02 March 2004 17:13 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [Scottish] Remote Boot using DHCP & PXE Hi folks, I'm looking at booting a Windows workstation remotely from a Linux server and was wondering if anyone out there has tried it. I've looked at the Remote-Boot mini-howto, however it would appear that my version of dhcpd doesn't support some of the variables in the sample configuration, and compiling the latest version from ISC didn't help either. Reason behind this is I have a windows box that keeps corrupting every so often requiring a reinstall (probably due the the load I put on it), and I'd like to be able to reinstall an image automagically whenever the need arises. Thanks in advance Darren -- Darren Paxton Support Analyst Mercer HR Consulting +44 141 222 8426 This e-mail and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. If you received this message in error or are not the intended recipient, you should destroy the e-mail message and any attachments or copies, and you are prohibited from retaining, distributing, disclosing or using any information contained herein. Please inform us of the erroneous delivery by return e-mail. Thank you for your co-operation. Mercer Human Resource Consulting Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and is a member of the General Insurance Standards Council. Registered in England No. 984275. Registered Office: Telford House, 14 Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NB _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish -- Virus scanned by edNET. _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish This e-mail and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. If you received this message in error or are not the intended recipient, you should destroy the e-mail message and any attachments or copies, and you are prohibited from retaining, distributing, disclosing or using any information contained herein. Please inform us of the erroneous delivery by return e-mail. Thank you for your co-operation. Mercer Human Resource Consulting Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and is a member of the General Insurance Standards Council. Registered in England No. 984275. Registered Office: Telford House, 14 Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NB _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish