Phil Thanks for the post. One question. A PXE NIC will fail over to the next device (HDD) if it cant find a config file, which is a common way of allowing for remote installation of an OS. I have a few legacy boxes where it would be nice to use a PXE emulation floppy, but RBFG.exe just stops if it cant find a config file. So I have to go to the box to insert/remove the floppy, which is pretty much the same as a floppy-based kickstart install (don't need to hook up the keyboard/monitor though). Do you get the same behavior? Tony Ladd ----------------------------------------------------- Anthony JC Ladd Professor: Chemical Engineering University of Florida PO Box 116005 Gainesville, Florida, 32611-6005 Tel: (352)-392-6509 Fax: (352)-392-9513 Email: ladd@xxxxxxxxxxx URL: http://ladd.che.ufl.edu -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Philip Rowlands Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:14 AM To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Windows 2003 PXE emulator Having just set this up over the last few days, thought I'd share with the list. Two things to make your life easier: 1. Windows 2003 RBFG New and enhanced since Windows 2000 Server, RBFG.exe (part of RIS) is a floppy-based PXE emulator. The nice thing about the Win2003 version is the extended network card support; nearly anything from Intel, 3com or Realtek will now work. This turns any PC that will boot from floppy into a PXE client. Don't break your license agreement! 2. ISC DHCP v3 "pool" support It's possible to classify hosts into "known" and "unknown" pools, depending whether the MAC address appears in a pools list of hosts. This allows PXE information to be customised and delivered only to those clients which need it. I don't know what version this appeared in, but I found it new in RHEL3, so I assume it's fairly recent. (3. Memdisk - not new but worth a mention) If you're doing PXE kickstarts and not playing with syslinux/memdisk's funky menus, try them today. Boot BIOS upgrade floppies, Hitachi's DFT, vendor's "system partitions" (Dell/HPaq) and Partition Magic over the network. Enjoy, Phil _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
