Configure A PC To Boot To A Network Device To Install XP
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Performing an upgrade of Windows XP across a network is simple because you probably already have network connectivity. All you have to do is log on, connect to the appropriate share, and launch the upgrade. However, without an existing operating system installed, installing XP across the network is a little more difficult.
To perform a clean installation of Windows XP across the network, the computer must have a Network Interface Card (NIC) that contains a boot ROM that meets the PXE protocol standards. The PXE Network Boot option can be enabled through the computer BIOS.
Alternatively, if the computer does not support booting from the NIC, you can use a PXE emulator boot floppy. The boot floppy can be generated using the Remote boot disk-generating utility (rbfg.exe). You can create the disk using the rbfg.exe utility. Insert a blank floppy, type in the path to the rfgb.exe utility (located in the REMINST\Admin\I386 directory) and click create disk. Once the disk is created you can use it to boot the computer.
[tags]xp,network device,install,upgrade,nic[/tags]
5 Comments
toshiba portege 3440ct - Digital World
November 17th, 2006
at 3:10am
[...] You can either get a stanard 3.5" to 2.5" ide converter cable for about £5 and plug into your pc and copy the files across (installing xp on the drive on a diff pc may not work as it will install using that pc’s hardware) or you can do a network install of xp, here’s a tut Configure A PC To Boot To A Network Device To Install XP ~ Windows Fanatics [...]
MOHAMMAD ADNAN ASLAM
February 20th, 2007
at 6:22am
dear owner of the site i am very happy to tell u that it is quite a decent effort to provide information rather you can provide it more usefully but i am not so satisfied because i just want to know the procedgure of installing windows xp from network the information u r providing i know more than u dont mind of my talks best wishes for u good bye.
Jarvas McPerv
January 5th, 2008
at 2:16pm
This article is incredibly vague and does not provide links or very much technical information at all. What needs to be described in much greater detail is HOW we can install Windows XP over the network. One only has to enter their BIOS and poke around to notice the network boot option, which obviously means that booting through the network IS possible. We need detailed instructions, not vague reminders of possibilities.
Bob
July 10th, 2008
at 5:11pm
I already know it is possible, some more detail would have been nice.
I could have got more information on PXE booting by reading tea leafs!
yogi
September 11th, 2008
at 6:24am
Please let this PC go through the network scan first. It won’t show up as installable till the inventory scan has run