I want to install an operating system onto a computer without an os over the lan, is this possible, how would I go about starting to do this?
Install over lan.
It is possible if what you want to do is sit at the computer and install a os from the network.
Depending on your network and if it has Internet acces, and what os you are installing there is some methods:
1) Ghost install
2) Network install avalible with OS
Most GNU\Linux OS let you do 2. (I even think that MacOS allows that although...)
Ghost install means you need a ghost file to start with and ghost software with networking capacities
what is Ghost:
Depending on your network and if it has Internet acces, and what os you are installing there is some methods:
1) Ghost install
2) Network install avalible with OS
Most GNU\Linux OS let you do 2. (I even think that MacOS allows that although...)
Ghost install means you need a ghost file to start with and ghost software with networking capacities
what is Ghost:
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A: Ghost is a software program designed to dramatically reduce the time spent by system administrators when restoring, reconfiguring or cloning data on hard drives. Ghost was used to create an "image" of the software installed on the hard drive. This "image" was then copied onto the additional Smart Classroom computers. |
With most Linux distros there is an option to download a minimal boot-disk containing the installer and have it pull the packages across the network instead of reading from the disk. Is this what you mean?
Hi,
If you want to distribute Windows-based operating systems, you can use RIS of Microsoft.
Remote Install Services can deploy an OS to multiple computers on the network and it is free.
There are several commercial applications that do the same. You can use Altiris (www.altiris.com) or Radia from HP. This products do a lot more than distributing operating systems.
If you are working in a small environment, I should take a look at RIS from Microsoft.
Regards, Sybje
If you want to distribute Windows-based operating systems, you can use RIS of Microsoft.
Remote Install Services can deploy an OS to multiple computers on the network and it is free.
There are several commercial applications that do the same. You can use Altiris (www.altiris.com) or Radia from HP. This products do a lot more than distributing operating systems.
If you are working in a small environment, I should take a look at RIS from Microsoft.
Regards, Sybje
And, if you got a lot of money to spend, you can also take a look at Zenworks from Novell, if you use that you are also able to distribute software packages so all the network installed computers get the same software. I wouldn't use that on less then 10 computers though, it's not worth the hassle of setting it up.
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| With most Linux distros there is an option to download a minimal boot-disk containing the installer and have it pull the packages across the network instead of reading from the disk. Is this what you mean? |
Thanks, this is what I wanted
Hi I have trouble downloading RIS, the microsoft site pulls up a document saying that it's part of Windows Server 2003. Is it really free and Does anyone have a link?
http://ping.windowsdream.com/winner.html is a free alternative.
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