What the hell is RIS? Could someone please tell me...

Remote installation service.

I think you can tell by the name.

Let say you want to format your computer, you can use your server to format it without a cd or dvd. The installation can be fully automated and unattended installation with the softwares that you want. (nlite + ryanvm integrator)

You need PXE(network boot) support with your nic.

Used for deployment service of client os. it is commonly used in business; however, i used at my home too because i don't like to burn cd or dvd to install new os.

Edited April 3, 200719 yr by bbmak

How do I find out if my nic has PXE support? Searching Internet doesn't return understandable answers. I've been looking after:

-3Com 3C905B-TX, 3C905C-TX and Gigabit LOM (3C940);

-SiS 900;

-Compaq NC3120.

Anyone can tell me if these nics offer the necessary support, so I'll be able to use RIS?

How do I find out if my nic has PXE support? Searching Internet doesn't return understandable answers. I've been looking after:

-3Com 3C905B-TX, 3C905C-TX and Gigabit LOM (3C940);

-SiS 900;

-Compaq NC3120.

Anyone can tell me if these nics offer the necessary support, so I'll be able to use RIS?

I know that 3C905B-TX and 3C905-TX dont have PXE supported, but you can use RBFG.exe from RIS to create a bootdisk to use as PXE boot in these 2 adapters.

support list

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299538#appliesto

RBFG.exe is built in the RIS/WDS