[TUTORIAL] RIS Boot disk
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The Network Interface Card (NIC) that Virtual PC 2004 uses is not PXE compliant. PXE is short for Pre-Boot Execution Environment. PXE-enabled NICs allow a computer to boot from the network – just like they can boot from a CDROM or a floppy drive. They access an image on a server over the network that allows them to boot up and run operating systems, software, diagnostics, etc.
And check the comments as well for another HOWTO!
Incidentally, check http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=891372 if the bootdisk won’t find a DHCP server.
As an alternative look at: http://unattended.sourceforge.net/
