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    Installing Windows Via Network

    ok, i've been told that this can be done, well Microsoft told me it can be done

    http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;300483

    but i wondered if anyone had any experience of this before i go ahead and try it



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    yup quite simple as long as your pc has a boot rom for its network card. Which all do now!
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnny02004976 View Post
    ok, i've been told that this can be done, well Microsoft told me it can be done

    http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;300483

    but i wondered if anyone had any experience of this before i go ahead and try it



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    I have a load of experience with it, but with most modern PC's its not as straightforward as the Microsoft material will have you believe. The main thing is the Text mode drivers are a pain in the arse to do. However generally you'll only need to play around with them in servers with RAID controllers.
    For all other drivers except network drivers its a matter of putting the pnp drivers in the right place and referring to them in the ristndrd.sif file. Network card drivers are a little more involved
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