On Feb 17, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Tom Limoncelli <t...@whatexit.org> wrote: > > Do any of these support Windows installation?
It's not a provisioning system, but I use iPXE + wimboot to bootstrap windows installations in a way that could take input from a provisioning system. The software is here: http://ipxe.org/wimboot The process requires quite a few steps. The system's built in PXE boots iPXE, which pulls a config file over tftp, which then can load installations/diagnostics as required, provide a menu, boot primary disk, etc. This is all that's required for most *nix installs. For Windows systems, iPXE can load a .wim file that was generated with the Windows ADK, which has been configured to run a batch file on boot. That batch file runs wget (static compiled, embedded in the .wim file) to grab another batch file over http, which then starts the rest of the installation (mounts SMB shares, copies unattended answer files, runs the installer, etc.). The result of all of this is that you can modify the entire install process by changing the scripts without having to rebuild iPXE (quick!) or the .wim file (much much longer!). If anyone is interested in the scripts to generate large portions of this, let me know and I'll post them somewhere. Of course, you could just use MS's SCCM, but where's the fun in that? - Zack -- Zack Williams - Artisan Computer Services - 520.867.8701 z...@artisancomputer.com http://www.artisancomputer.com ACSA, MCP SBS, SCSA, LPIC-1 _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
