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From: Rahul on 23 Feb 2010 14:45 Is there a way to boot off a DVD by copying files to an exisitng Linux OS? I have a bootable DVD for installing an OS (ok, I'll fess up. It's WinServer :-( ). We need to test an install. I have a large bunch of Linux machines that we installed via PXE but unfortunately none has a DVD-player except a master-server. I opened the DVD on the master and copied all its files to a cross mounted NFS share that can be accessed from all servers. I can see the setup.exe and the autorun etc. But can I somehow make this "run"? i.e. will an OS allow itself to be cannibalised by another OS from within? -- Rahul
From: Stan Bischof on 23 Feb 2010 15:17 Rahul <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > Is there a way to boot off a DVD by copying files to an exisitng Linux OS? > > I have a bootable DVD for installing an OS (ok, I'll fess up. It's > WinServer :-( ). We need to test an install. I have a large bunch of Linux > machines that we installed via PXE but unfortunately none has a DVD-player > except a master-server. > > I opened the DVD on the master and copied all its files to a cross mounted > NFS share that can be accessed from all servers. I can see the setup.exe > and the autorun etc. But can I somehow make this "run"? > > i.e. will an OS allow itself to be cannibalised by another OS from within? > Windows can be installed via PXE so why not just go that way? NFS is almost certainly not going to work since the Windows installer would need to speak NFS ( fat chance!) Or round up a DVD drive that you can attach temporarily to the machine in question. Stan
From: Rahul on 23 Feb 2010 15:29 Stan Bischof <stan(a)newserve.worldbadminton.com> wrote in news:4b8437ee$0 $1599$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net: > Windows can be installed via PXE so why not just go that way? Ah! Why didn't I think of that. Great idea. But how do I do this? My PXE normally looks like this: DEFAULT linux LABEL linux KERNEL vmlinuz-centos APPEND load_ramdisk=1 initrd=initrd-centos.img network ks=nfs:10.0.0.100:/var/lib/tftpboot/kickstart/centos-install.cfg ksdevice=eth0 What's the equivalent for kickstart for windows? All I can find on google is proprietory Win deployment solutions. > Or round up a DVD drive that you can attach temporarily to the > machine in question. Of course, that's the simplest solution. But I am avoiding a trip to the server room. Easier on my ears. :) I can also use a USB stick probably. -- Rahul
From: Stan Bischof on 23 Feb 2010 16:26 Rahul <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > Stan Bischof <stan(a)newserve.worldbadminton.com> wrote in news:4b8437ee$0 > $1599$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net: > >> Windows can be installed via PXE so why not just go that way? > > Ah! Why didn't I think of that. Great idea. But how do I do this? > Never set this up from the server POV but have installed Windows many times via PXE, so it is clearly possible. My _guess_ would be that Microsoft provides PXE services under a different name. Don't know the server details.wq Ask in a Windows group-- this is off topic for COLM. Stan
From: Rahul on 23 Feb 2010 16:50
Stan Bischof <stan(a)newserve.worldbadminton.com> wrote in news:4b844811$0 $1666$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net: > Never set this up from the server POV but have installed > Windows many times via PXE, so it is clearly possible. > My _guess_ would be that Microsoft provides PXE services > under a different name. Don't know the server details.wq > > Ask in a Windows group-- this is off topic for COLM. > Thanks! Willdo. -- Rahul |