A WDS server is not necessary for a WinPE-based deployment. In fact, you can burn a WinPE iso and use it to deploy Win7/Win2008. Another option is using a Linux DHCP/TFTP server as your PXE server - see examples below
http://sysadminman.net/blog/2007/pxe-boot-winpe-2-vista-using-linux-as-the-pxe-server-8 http://xlshadow.livejournal.com/158711.html http://doomclaw.de/index.php/2009/08/18/installing-windows-7-with-a-pxe-boot-server/ You will have to tweak the unattended.xml file to trigger the Unattended application deployment after the OS is installed. http://docs.hp.com/en/T2767-90191/apa.html On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Allison Roth <allison.r...@cmgl.ca> wrote: > I’ve used WAIK for installs extensively from a Windows Deployment > Server. However, I was really hoping to move away from the Windows > Deployment Server, so I’m trying to figure out what my other options are. > > > > _______________ > > Allison Roth > > IT Support > > Computer Modelling Group Ltd. > > > > > > *From:* Conrad Lawes [mailto:pxeb...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 27, 2010 3:02 PM > *To:* Allison Roth > *Cc:* unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net > > *Subject:* Re: [Unattended] 64-bit OSs > > > > I recommend that you do some research on using the Microsoft Windows > Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) for better understanding of installing > Vista/Win7/Win2008 using WinPE. After that, you will have a better > understanding of installing Win7 32-bit and 64-bit. > > > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Allison Roth <allison.r...@cmgl.ca> > wrote: > > Whoops…think I might’ve sent the last reply to Gary only. Anyway, to > summarise – XP x64 isn’t being recognized by install.pl, since it doesn’t > have the txtsetup.sif and other files that it looks for. Gary asked me to > detail the directory layout on the CD. The root of the CD has AMD64, Docs, > I386, and Support. It does actually look like all three of the relevant > files (txtsetup, prodspec and setupp) are in the AMD64 directory, now that I > go through it more closely… > > > > > > _______________ > > Allison Roth > > IT Support > > Computer Modelling Group Ltd. > > > > > > *From:* Gary Greene [mailto:ggre...@minervanetworks.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 27, 2010 2:46 PM > *To:* Allison Roth > *Subject:* Re: [Unattended] 64-bit OSs > > > > On 4/27/10 1:43 PM, "Allison Roth" <allison.r...@cmgl.ca> wrote: > > Well, the problem I’m seeing with XP x64 is that it’s just not recognizing > the OS being in the directory at all. From what I’ve found via searches, > the script is looking for three files (txtsetup.sif and so on), and those > files don’t seem to exist in the XP x64 disc… > > > > _______________ > Allison Roth > IT Support > Computer Modelling Group Ltd. > > > > *From:* Gary Greene > [mailto:ggre...@minervanetworks.com<ggre...@minervanetworks.com>] > > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 27, 2010 2:41 PM > *To:* Allison Roth; unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* Re: [Unattended] 64-bit OSs > > Unfortunately, these are two different beasts... > > Windows Vista and above use an entirely re-written installer running on > WinPE 2.x which is largely the problem that is being faced. From what I > understand, WinPE 1.x was far more stripped back than WinPE 2.x which > Vista/7 uses for the OS loader for the installer. The reason 64-bit likely > isn’t working is you’d need a 64-bit build of the tools used for unattended > (FreeDOS and friends). Unfortunately, far as I know, there *is* no build > of those tools for 64-bit mode. > > > Fun.... Sounds like they might have done early changes to the 64-bit > version that are similar to the others.... Can you detail the directory > layout on the CD? This will give some idea of what the environment is for > this. > > -- > Gary L. Greene, Jr. > IT Operations > Minerva Networks, Inc. > Cell: (650) 704-6633 > Phone: (408) 240-1239 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > unattended-info mailing list > unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info > > > > > -- > Regards, > Conrad Lawes > -- Regards, Conrad Lawes
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