geeks invited remote installation of winxp forum

[vivekbabbudelhi]

hi
today all have lan cards with lan boot rom option ie im

talking about pxe boot using dhcp

winxp network installation using shared network drive
how to host dhcp server on winxp to do a remote

installation on another pc

with win2000 server its very easy to use ris and do a

remote installation
im giving steps

First, you need to set up RIS on a Win 2000 Server with

Service Pack 4 and the DHCP service running. The server

must also have the ADS (Active Directory Service)

configured
Plus, all desktop nodes on which you will be installing

XP remotely need to have LAN cards with a PXE boot ROM.

Let look at the process step by step.

STEP ONE
First, install the DHCP server on Win 2000 Sever. For

this, click on Add/Remove Programs from Start>Control

Panel, go to the Add/Remove Windows Components tab, and

from the list of built-in Windows components, double

click on Networking Services, select Dynamic Host

Configuration Protocol and click on OK. You will need

your Win 2000 Sever CD handy for this. Once it is

installed, you can run the service from

Start>Programs>Administrator Tools. This will open the

MMC (Microsoft Management Console). From the right

panel, select the Win 2000 Server, right click on it and

from the drop-down menu that appears, select New Scope.

This will start a wizard that will ask you to name your

DHCP scope and IP Address Range. When you reach the

Configure DHCP option, select No I will configure these

options laterand click on Next. Finally, choose Yes, I

want to activate the scope option when it appears and

click finish.

STEP TWO
In the DHCP configuration window, right click on the

DHCP server icon and choose the Authorize option from

the drop-down menu. Press the F5 button and you will get

a green arrow on the server icon indicating that your

DHCP server is now running.

STEP THREE
To install RIS, go to Add/Remove Programs and add the

Remote Installation Services component from the same

place that you installed DHCP from. You will again need

your Win 2000 Server CD. Once it copies the necessary

files, a wizard will pop up. At this point, cancel the

wizard and first download the Q313069_W2K_SPL_

x86_en.exe file from microsoft.com/downloads to your

Win2000 Server. Double click on this file and extract it

to the \Remote Install\Admin\ i386 directory.

STEP FOUR
Click on Start>Run and type risetup to start a wizard

for configuring RIS. Give the path of your Win XP

installation CD when asked, and provide the path where

RIS should create the OS image. Keep clicking on Next

until you get to the Remote Installation Service Option

screen. From there, select Add New OS Image to this

Remote Installation Serverand click on Next. The wizard

will then create the image of your Win XP OS. Click on

Finish after it has done so

STEP FIVE
Your server is now ready to distribute Win XP remotely

to desktops. Now, just go to any client and configure it

to boot from the PXE LAN card. The client should be able

to get an IP address from your Win 2000 Server. As soon

as it gets the IP, press the F12 key to boot off the

network. The client will get a DOS-based wizard to

install Win XP from the server. The wizard will ask you

for a username and password to login to the remote boot

server. Give the administrative user name and password

to login, after which your Win XP installation screen

will show up.


this article is from pcquest hands on

can anyone give steps to use winxp sp2 as dhcp server

istead of win2000 server as stated in this article to

install xp remotly on other pc
we can use third party tools on xp and pxe boot on

other pc is essential network boot floppies or flash

disks are strict no no
thanks

[*GandaBerunda*]

hey can some on explain this 4 me in simpler terms?

[amitava82]

Originally Posted by *GandaBerunda*

hey can some on explain this 4 me in simpler terms?

Actually it is used in corporate environment where you have hundreds of PCs and you don't wanna go to each and every PC and do installation. no use for home PCs. So dont bother

[navjotjsingh]

By looking at the format of text in the post..it looks like a copy paste. Mind giving us the source if its copied. And if not why did you posted in such a way that its very hard to understand. No proper text formatting?

[vivekbabbudelhi]

yeah guys its just copy & post

go through it
i have mentioned its from pcquest hands
this stuff is very useful in corporates some day you would be also doing this perhaps
win2000 & win2003 server platforms support remote pxe boot and installation because of inbuilt dhcp & ris

what im trying to tell is we can host a dhcp server on winxp using 3rd party tools like TFTP and a DHCP Server like tftpd32

and NFS Server like Allegro NFS server
and go on with pxe boot for a remote installation of winxp


definitely its for corporates but when your gigabit lan supports pxe boot whats dishonour to learn to use it
remember boys will be boys
carry on