lesterhung Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 HiI am very new to this and have done a little bit of research.Client Computers will have NO harddrives, and will boot from the network.Basically the client computers will have NO harddrives, but they will need to be able to boot into windows xp with the softwares that I want.One computer will act as the server which holds the windows image files. How do I get a windows image file? and what software do i need on the server to respond to network boot requests from the client machines?I have used tftpd32.310beta in the past to boot client PCs into Linux. But this time I need clients to be able to boot into Windows XP.Any help is appreciated. I really don't know where to start looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrosoft Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Assuming you don't mind the 24 hour limit then you could just use PE to boot up and load RDP automatically which would connect to a terminal server?If you're not going to have a hard drive then you'll either be limited to remote desktops of some description, or having lots of RAM in the boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazkal Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Windows XP can't be loaded as you describe. However, you can configure BartsPE to look and behave like XP. You would need something like the XPE plugin for BartsPE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspenjim Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 (edited) <edit> my post didn't fully apply so i removed it Edited December 2, 2007 by aspenjim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Le V Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 You must use a 3rd party solution to be able to actually remote boot Windows XP on diskless nodes. I am not talking PE boot, but the real Windows XP stuff.I know Neoware Image Manager (now HP Neoware Image Manager):http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF...86-3646231.htmlThere might be other solutions as wellHope this helped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likuidkewl Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 (edited) I know this is venturing off topic but since XP cannot be used that way(2003+ Without CAL's), you may want to look into Linux's LTSP program(s). Edited December 8, 2007 by likuidkewl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 there are numerous client server applications to do this. Search for 'xp diskless terminal' and you will find numerous results. Or terminal server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mats Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 take a look at XP embeded. It should be able to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Or use diskless angel:http://www.disklessangel.com/I guess it is the cheapest of the available COMMERCIAL solutions, and has virtually no limits as there are packages for 1, 2, 3 and 4 gigabyte sizes.Alternatively, and provided you are ALLOWED to use SERVER 2003 SP1+ files, and willing to be limited to 512 Megabytes, you can use euhenio's method:http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...19056&st=29Of course using tftp32....jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framacomputer Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 (edited) Hi Guys, i've just a little problem....My configuration: SERVER HP PROLIANT ML350 G5, 3 HDD SAS 160GB RAID 5, 4GB RAM Windows 2003 sbs r2 CLIENT: 7 HP Neoware e90i installed in the server HP Neoware Image Manager, TFT Service and DHCP (everythings fine).From a desktop standard pc running windows xp pro sp2 i starded the client image builder, and everithings gone well, the thinclient e90 can boot from network by pxe and windows xp is going to start, during loading it restart itself!when it restart propose the classical start windows normally etc..... and then restart again!i think it's a driver problem ide drivers or something like that, but i don't know the solution for this trouble! do you know a way for fix this?Thanks! Edited January 10, 2009 by framacomputer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Assuming you don't mind the 24 hour limit then you could just use PE to boot up and load RDP automatically which would connect to a terminal server?If you're not going to have a hard drive then you'll either be limited to remote desktops of some description, or having lots of RAM in the boxes.I hear all about this 24 hour limit everywhere but fail to see it in action. I've successfully had a machine booted into the WinPE for well over 3 days and still be fully functional! Is this a limitation to the PE that is built by the WAIK? I don't use the WAIK, maybe that's it.You must use a 3rd party solution to be able to actually remote boot Windows XP on diskless nodes. I am not talking PE boot, but the real Windows XP stuff.I know Neoware Image Manager (now HP Neoware Image Manager):http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF...86-3646231.htmlThere might be other solutions as wellHope this helpedA product I know of is Ardence. It has problems with certain Intel boards however. Something about a pre-disposition to suspend to Hard Drive over RAM, whereas it does not work properly if no HDD is present on those boards. Says that Shared mode does not work this way but Private mode does.take a look at XP embeded. It should be able to do this.XP Embedded uses a hardware specific config file. It is possible but each Embedded boot image would have to have a different file based upon the client config. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) @TripredacusYou realize that you are replying to posts over one year old, do you? Which WinpE version are you referring to, WinPE 1.x (XP based) or WinPE 2.0 (Vista based)?1.x definitely had this limit, for which different workarounds were found:http://www.911cd.net/forums/index.php?show...=7049&st=90Cannot say about 2.0.@framacomputerIt's not the best of ideas to add an unrelated request for help on an unrelated topic.However, at which point of the booting does the XP restarts itself?Does it create a BSOD?Is the PC diskless?jaclaz Edited January 15, 2009 by jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Heh I guess I missed that. I'm using WinPE 2.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Le V Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Hi Guys, i've just a little problem....My configuration: SERVER HP PROLIANT ML350 G5, 3 HDD SAS 160GB RAID 5, 4GB RAM Windows 2003 sbs r2 CLIENT: 7 HP Neoware e90i installed in the server HP Neoware Image Manager, TFT Service and DHCP (everythings fine).From a desktop standard pc running windows xp pro sp2 i starded the client image builder, and everithings gone well, the thinclient e90 can boot from network by pxe and windows xp is going to start, during loading it restart itself!when it restart propose the classical start windows normally etc..... and then restart again!i think it's a driver problem ide drivers or something like that, but i don't know the solution for this trouble! do you know a way for fix this?Thanks!You need to "inject" (or Insert") the e90 drivers into the image you built from your desktop PC.Use UBInsert tool for that purpose.The process is described in the user's manual. Search for "UBInsert", you should find the correct section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Since this topic was once again "re-vamped", I guess it may be of general use some newish achievements on related matters:http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2798http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7964jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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