On 01/02/06, Plant, Dean dean.plant@roke.co.uk wrote:

We are thinking of using pxe boot with a windows ris server to start off a Centos 4 install. Does anyone know if this is possible?

I've never done it myself but turned up a few links a few weeks back which imply it's feasible...

http://syslinux.zytor.com/pxe.php

Eric Cook of Intel also reports that the TFTPD server from Win2000 Server RIS can be used:

The trick is to install RIS, but DON'T configure it with the GUI. Instead, do the following:

In the registry, add the folder \HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TFTPD\Parameters. In the Parameters folder, add a key called Directory, with a value of the TFTP root directory path. With the Services GUI, configure the TFTPD service for Automatic start and start it. If you DO configure the RIS in Win2k, you end up with the MS PXE stuff, which is ugly to get rid of.

However, Christian "Dr. Disk" Hechelmann reports having success with using the Windows RIS as-is, and has sent a nice writeup on how to set it up. See this link...

http://syslinux.zytor.com/ris.php

Will.