[geeks] installing raw OS images using PXEboot

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:31:09 -0500
Phil Brutsche <phil at tux.obix.com> wrote:

> Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> >> What about Norton/Symantec Ghost?  Can it be net-booted?
> > 
> > Can they get images from a network, like NFS or something?
> 
> Ghost is specifically designed to work with FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and
> ext2/ext3 images, the typical method of distributing ghost images is a
> GhostCast server (bundled with corporate versions of Ghost) or storing
> them on a SMB or NFS server.
> 
> It sounds like what you want is a netbootable version of G4U.

...and that's what I'm working on.

Still useful to hear all the suggestions.

I really wanted something automated, but job number one is to just do it in
the first place.

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