[TriLUG] Boot Services

[Jason Tower]

if all you want to do is have a pxe booting thin client which only 
connects to a terminal server, you might consider using linux and 
redesktop rather than trying to boot w2k.  you get the same end result 
and it's a helluva lot easier to set up.

On Friday 19 March 2004 13:55, staylor at openfieldsolutions.com wrote:
> Exactly,
> I am looking for a free, or almost free pxe type solution.
>
> In my little world would be diskless stations  that do a pxe boot and
> load a slimmed down, policied out win 2k, then a terminal service app
> would load on login. Thus eliminating anything but the app from being
> accessible to the end user.
>
> Thus I am looking at an opensource pxe (or similar) solution if such
> a beasty exists.
>
> Shawn
>
> > On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 staylor at openfieldsolutions.com wrote:
> > > Anyone have any experience with a boot services product.
> > > I just looked on-line at 3com and they haven't sold their
> > > solution in
>
> a
>
> > > few years.
> >
> > Could you expound a bit on what it is you're trying to do?
>
> [Jim Ray sez:] me thinks we're talking PXE network boot.