plz help a nubie

[Mes]

first of all sorry for my English.

I would like to install xp + app from the net in 2003 domain .

what do you think I should do ? how can I boot the installation on a PC from a server? in what form should I put the xp files on the server , what progs should I use for it (if it posible to have a choise of app in some point or in advance)?

Thank you .

[miciver]

I will use RIS (Remote Installation service) in your Windows 2003 domain. The RIS service is free and buildin in Windows 2003. It's easy to deploy and maintain.

[Mes]

There is one catch . the administrator told me to make a remote installation to see what I can deeg for

so I need to boot from a machin without a CDROM and install XP.

Please HELP me out.

Edited February 12, 2007 by Mes

[daniellanctot]

Hi Mes,

i use RIS along with RISme ($69.99US) and add the appropriate NIC drive to my RISme menu, this way i use the PXE boot option from RIS but use ghost 8 E.E. to deploy my images. also i use sysprep to prepair my winxp-sp2 workstations.

this works great for my classroom environment over 150 computers that i image at least 3-4 times a week.

Dan

[Mes]

Thnx Daniel.

We will use RIS later but now I want to come to the station with a floppy disk and with a few comands to start the installation.

The Admin allready did a lot of job : he can see all the stations from the pc but can't get in to the shares .

I wish I could tell you what exactly he allready done but one of the helpfull stuff that he used came from http://www.netbootdisk.com/