On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Florian Effenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello there, > > might be a little bit off-topic, but I think we have real experts on > this list, so I wanted to give it a try. ;-) Does anyone of you know > how to remotely install Vista from Linux? With XP, I've made great > experience with the free BINL server from > http://oss.netfarm.it/guides/pxe.php, but for Vista, I'm out of luck. > The RIS model changed to WDS, from what I know - I guess something > like booting the PE image remotely should work. Any pointers you can > give me would be great! > > I want to avoid booting into Linux and then going into Vista, as this > usually involves fiddling around with hardware support in Linux. Using > the Windows setup directly (like with the BINL script and TFTP boot) > works fine, so I'm searching for a method to do so with Vista. > > Thanks > Florian > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Unattended-gui-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-gui-users >
I installed Vista over the network by creating a Windows PE boot disk and then mounting the network drive using "net use" and running the setup executable. This also works for Windows Server 2008. slide -- slide-o-blog http://slide-o-blog.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info