> Marcel Grandemange > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: PXE/BOOTP.... etc > > Im wondering if someone can assist me. > > Im looking into building a machine that will allow me to boot other machines > off the network and install operating systems from say iso files. > > Ive looked around and many require special images and a list of procedures > longer than my groceries list! > > Windows Server 2003 has something built in but is ONLY for windows and > requires all sorts of special images. > > What I want to do is simple.. > > Have a folder of my most common installed OS's in ISO form, have a BSD box > with pxe menu to select ISO and let it install like normal.
You could try using CF Engine, I haven't work with it personally but I've heard good things about it and it supports quite a large list of operating systems: Sun3, Sun4, Ultrix, HPUX, AIX, Linux (all kinds), Solaris, OSF1, Digital Unix, Irix4, Irix5, Irix64, Freebsd, Solarisx86, Bsd4_3, NewsOS, NetBSD, AOS, BSDos, NextStep, Cray, GNU, NT4, Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Unix_SV, OpenBSD, SCO Unix, Darwin, Ux4800, Qnx, and Dragonfly BSD. http://www.cfengine.org Rudi _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
