I have played around with diskless Linux, the Linux Terminal Server Project (www.ltsp.org) and RH Kickstart. I wish that I knew enough about the linuxrc - the Linux equivalent the autoexec.bat to script Windows based OS deployment.
DOS is far too limited to fully automate a Windows OS deployment. For instance, it would be nice to partition the drive then proceed to formatting it without having to reboot. Linux does this quite well. I'm presently looking at Windows PE as alternative to DOS; however, using Linux to script a Windows OS installation would be awesome. -- --------- Original Message --------- DATE: 14 Jun 2003 19:45:22 -040 From: "Patrick J. LoPresti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Stephan Borg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Scott Card <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Stephan Borg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Sorry, I think I missed the original email of this thread. Are we >> talking about trying to implement a Linux desktop Unattend build? > >For that I use RedHat's kickstart mechanism. It has fairly >easy-to-use support for post-installation scripts, which you can use >to customize it to your heart's content. > >We are talking here about using a diskless Linux system, instead of >DOS, to initiate the Windows installation. Our current DOS-based boot >disk has problems with some BIOSes, network cards (especially gigabit >ethernet), and VMware. > > - Pat > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay >Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: >http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 >_______________________________________________ >unattended-info mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info > Need a new email address that people can remember Check out the new EudoraMail at http://www.eudoramail.com
