PXE boot using freeware

[xyike]

Congrats, everyone is now stupider and more confused by watching your video. Ghost is not free.

[SpeedoJoe]

This video is 100% useless.

[HReality]

Couple things..

1. Is/Does that version of ghost map the network drives for creating and storing images over the network? If so what version of Ghost is it?

2. Are you or do you have linux RIS installed (if your application is linux based)?

[fatchickonadiet]

@HReality ... ghost does not map network drives. the network drives are mapped with the boot disk image that is loaded with PXE. No linux RIS is installed.

[HReality]

@HReality Ya, I know the Ghost Image loaded by PXE has the mapping information. Cant find a ghost image anywhere I can configure though :(

[orbiquity]

Fatchick, you're really not providing enough info. Your 1,2,3 points just explain the video but you're not telling some key info. The "net" command doesn't just work unless you have some kind of msdos lan client set up. Also, i'd like to know where I can get the selector .bat file or get some clue as to how to write it. I'm familiar with pxe boot already - I just don't know how to access a share and how to get that menu.

[orbiquity]

Fatchick, I'd like to know what you are using. Were you going to tell us or just not tell us? I'd like to know which version of DOS you're using. This would be an idea set up for where I work.

[fatchickonadiet]

@orbiquity , you can use whatever version of DOS you want. I'm using IBM DOS.

The way this works is as follows:

1. Boot PC with PXE

2. PXE boot will acquire and IP address then load a menu

3. from this menu you choose a disk image. this disk image is basically a floppy boot disk image that loads your full drivers for your network card and network commands. on this disk you put your version of DOS you want.

[jameshamza]

Hello My Friend,

Where can we download this PXE please, freely ?

Thank you.

[airsp]

fucking stupid annoying music !

[mdjones2112]

Uh, Ghost isn't freeware. This video doesn't show anything that it claims it does.

[jonaspombo]

@mdjones2112

[adamsuail]

i can see you managed to get DOS with networking! can you please give a hint on how did you do it?..link, platform name (if open source like freeDOS)..Thanks a lot, I just managed to setup my pxe to boot up live ubuntu Karmic CD and a lots of others utilities except for networking with DOS :(

[fatchickonadiet]

IBM DOS

[fatchickonadiet]

MTH7806, obviously you dont know anyting about PXE boot. There is NO boot diskette, no boot USB nothing. You boot up ANY pc and press the PXE boot key, it connects to the network using the embeded boot agent of the network card (not any diskette or driver) then connects and pulls down an image file and loads the drivers.

[MTH7806]

this person is using Symantec Norton Ghost which i think everybody knows, it's very easy to use it for the large companies if they use same computers and gives you an option to create a boot disk (i used diskette but you get an option to create a CD as well), you need to select a network card type and based on that you create a boot disk and you can install the image through the network if the windows image is located on the server or you can install it from your laptop using a cross cable.

[champagnehyu]

Or you could rig up an old computer (1gb RAM Pentium 4 is fine) and install Ubuntu + FOG (free open source imaging solution). No need for an expensive server. Just an old spare computer. ;)

[fatchickonadiet]

There is no PXE software.

the software used is tftpd32.exe and srvany.exe + instsrv.exe  to make it a service to always run

[clivebuckwheat]

which pxe and tftp software are you using in Windows xp

[Rav3n4]

very nice

i would like to thank you for showing what software you used for the server

[fatchickonadiet]

The server portion of this is running on my WinXP laptop. i basically have a cross-over cable between the laptops, or i have it just on the lan. My WinXP laptop does all the DHCP and TFTP itself. However at work, i loaded all of this on one of our servers, and now we can image a machine ANYWHERE on the network

[fcortesjp]

Dude... I'm studying on how to do this.. what OS are you using as your DHCP server?? what is your physical setup like?