James Cammarata wrote:
Ok, think I've got a working solution (but haven't tested it yet).
This pretty much sounds like what I have suggested we do earlier, but for the random generation of NTLDR and winnt.sif names. Those can just sequence (w0001, w0002, ... if you will). If nothing else, a sqlite db can track what is what.
This will be alpha-numeric, so the hard limit on systems in cobbler will be 36^4 (1,679,616) windows systems...
actually the filename is limited to exactly 5 characters, but if you make it start with a "w", there's only one set of TFTP rewrite rules you'd have to do to have all Windows related files in a sub-directory of the TFTP root.
So far, what works:
- importing XP from CD
Note that I found you'll need startrom.n12 from Windows 2003 and we're not allowed to ship it.
- profile/system creation
- ASCII pxe file generation
- tftpd rule generation
This could be a one time if you settle for having all Windows related files in one sub-directory of the TFTP root.
What doesn't:
- sif (answer file) generation
This could just be a single winnt.sif to get things running and evolve from there.
Kind regards,
Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip