Re: pxeboot windows xp clients from fedora

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2006/1/26, Skunk Worx <skunkworx@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> is it possible to pxeboot a running windows xp image (not an
> installation image) with pxeboot and linux/fedora?
>
> i've been trying to start by serving a windows boot floppy through tftp
> and following the PXELINUX howtos but i always get a "System Disk Error"
> rather than "A:\" (which I do get booting the floppy in the drive on the
> target client rather than using pxe).
>
> i ran across this project :
>
> http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/projects/storage/iboot/
>
> ...which uses something like iScsi and an array of disk images to do
> something kind of interesting, actually boots running clients and allows
> them to modify the image over the network.
>
> anyway most of the howto's for pxeboot/pxelinux seem to address only
> remote installations of windows products...i need to boot actual running
> clients...with full windows XP, if possible.
>
> TIA,
> SW
>
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i am pretty sure that cant work (i have not much clue about windows though).

try putting a windows xp installed hd from one pc to another...
chances are big that it doesent work properly... if not even that
works... how would a network boot work?

just some thoughts...

regards,
rudolf kastl


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