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Help on PXE & loading M$


From: David Coulthart
Subject: Help on PXE & loading M$
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 13:34:37 -0400 (EDT)

Hello,

I work for the IS department at Columbia University & I am currently
conducting preliminary research on setting up our machines on campus to
use PXE for loading a boot image.  I should probably start with what our
current setup is & then describe what we would like to change.  The
current setup is as follows:

We have developed an in-house PROM that we have had burned and installed
onto 3Com 3c509B 10MB/s ISA network cards.  These cards are installed on
the computers in our labs.  They disable booting from the floppy drive
(for security purposes) and then provide a simple text menu with ~5
options.  The default option is to boot Windows NT (soon to be Windows
2000) from the local hard drive.  We also provide options however to load
images from the server (using TFTP) for such things as ghosting and
diagnosing the machine.

Our new machines, however, are coming with 3Com 3c905C 100 MB/s cards that
we would like to use for the faster network performance.  However, this
requires an overhaul of our current PROM & we are searching for a better
solution than having to hack together a working PROM & install chips in
all of the new machines.  That's why we are looking in to using PXE &
during my research, GRUB turned up as a possible solution.

I figured posting my requirements to the developer list & asking for input
would be the next best step in the process.  If people could provide
information on how feasible a solution would be using GRUB (or provide
information about other solutions to consider--I realize GNU GRUB is in
alpha currently & as an IS department we do need a stable solution,
although we are willing to contribute some time to help the project if we
could get a stable solution for our problem from it), it would be greatly
appreciated.

Also, what exactly is needed to get GRUB to boot up Windows (NT/2000).  I
find mention of the need for a chain-loader, but do not find anything more
specific about where to obtain a chain-loader.


Thank you for your help and if more information about our setup/needs,
please feel free to contact me.


Thank you,

David Coulthart
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