Windows Distribution Share

[datarunner]

Hi All

I was practicing some unattended setups from my main pc to systems with no OS over my network. I got it to work (eventually) and just wanted to check that i was doing it right or if there is another / better way.

Here what i did:

created a distribution share on my main pc via setup manager with an unattended .sif file

copied the .sif into the i386 dir

booted up the pc with no OS with BartsPE CD with networking support

navigated to the share \ i386 on my main pc using the Bart cd

ran winnt32.exe

setup seems to have went ok

so is this a good way or is there a more simpler one etc?

all info appreciated

[cluberti]

If you've got a Windows 2000 or 2003 server machine, RIS would be easier. If you are doing straight network installs from a network share, that's probably the best way.

Note that there are ways to do RIS via a Linux server, although I've not tried it:

http://oss.netfarm.it/guides/pxe.php