| 10:20.51 | Nirkus | hi faken_ |
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| 19:23.23 | StAnG | afternoon all |
| 19:23.35 | SB1-Laptop | hello |
| 19:24.12 | StAnG | hmm what im looking for maybe in the topic |
| 19:25.04 | StAnG | well maybe not |
| 19:25.22 | StAnG | is there a PXE file creator/editor for Windows? |
| 19:25.39 | SB1-Laptop | Define 'PXE File' |
| 19:26.35 | StAnG | the small (<32k) file that a PXE booting NIC looks for when it tries to boot |
| 19:26.42 | StAnG | the menu file |
| 19:27.16 | SB1-Laptop | Erm, no, not that I know of, no |
| 19:27.52 | StAnG | im trying to set up PXE boot in a windows environment |
| 19:28.24 | SB1-Laptop | To PXE boot.. XP? |
| 19:28.24 | StAnG | ive got the TFTP server and the DHCP server setup correctly |
| 19:28.25 | StAnG | ghost imaging |
| 19:28.31 | SB1-Laptop | Ah |
| 19:28.38 | SB1-Laptop | I'd look at your ghost documentation then |
| 19:29.07 | StAnG | been there |
| 19:29.17 | StAnG | was comfusing |
| 19:29.35 | SB1-Laptop | I'll tell you this much now: it's about a billion times more confusing in here ;) |
| 19:30.04 | StAnG | ghost wants to host its own DHCP server and I cant allow on my netowrk config |
| 19:30.43 | StAnG | and it want to hold its own little PXE file and its own floppy image |
| 19:31.07 | SB1-Laptop | I've never used ghost, and I never will ;) |
| 19:31.18 | StAnG | so i though tif i could create my own PXE file and image i could use my DHCOP server and tftp server |
| 19:31.31 | SB1-Laptop | End result, you could probably fire up ethereal and sniff the location on the ghost TFTP of the file and use that |
| 19:31.48 | StAnG | hmm i havent thought of that |
| 19:31.51 | SB1-Laptop | (Note that you would have to run the ghost DHCP server for at least a moment) |
| 19:31.58 | StAnG | ouch |
| 19:32.20 | StAnG | i can build a floppy image but just can get the PXE file out of ghost |
| 19:32.38 | StAnG | is there a creator for Linux? |
| 19:32.52 | SB1-Laptop | The term "PXE file" is wrong, to put it lightly |
| 19:33.02 | StAnG | sorry :( |
| 19:33.14 | SB1-Laptop | That's a small, ghost specific file which boots up enough software to image the computer |
| 19:33.19 | StAnG | maybe thats why im having so much trouble finding info |
| 19:33.32 | SB1-Laptop | It's related to ghost and ghost only, and that's why I would suggest the ghost documentation |
| 19:33.48 | SB1-Laptop | You must use their "PXE file" and you cannot really create your own |
| 19:33.57 | StAnG | i guess the term im looking for is NBP file |
| 19:34.05 | StAnG | ? |
| 19:34.06 | SB1-Laptop | That'd be it exactly |
| 19:34.11 | StAnG | ah |
| 19:34.20 | SB1-Laptop | All that the NBP does is fire up the computer - it's just a small program that runs, nothing else |
| 19:34.31 | SB1-Laptop | In ghost's case, it would start up... ghost! ;) |
| 19:34.40 | SB1-Laptop | Likewise, you can't really make your own - there's no point |
| 19:35.07 | StAnG | ive seen tools like emboot tools |
| 19:35.13 | StAnG | but they want $$ |
| 19:35.20 | StAnG | lots of it |
| 19:36.40 | StAnG | i used there trial version to create an NBP file and built the menu and it worked fine but if i wanted to edit the menu after the 15 day trial ends im lost |
| 19:37.06 | SB1-Laptop | I've never really worked with ghost |
| 19:37.15 | SB1-Laptop | I really couldn't help you out much |
| 19:38.20 | StAnG | ghost doesnt come into playh until after the nbp file is loaded |
| 19:38.33 | SB1-Laptop | Does ghost use it's own NBP? |
| 19:38.36 | StAnG | no |
| 19:38.45 | SB1-Laptop | ... 0_o |
| 19:39.19 | SB1-Laptop | I've gotta go afk |
| 19:39.27 | StAnG | well it does kind of but im not wanting to use ghosts nbp file because its so proprietery |
| 19:39.51 | StAnG | id like to be able to customize the nbp later too |
| 19:39.53 | StAnG | k |
| 19:39.56 | SB1-Laptop | Well you kinda have to in order to use ghost (from what little I know of ghost) |
| 19:40.06 | SB1-Laptop | I personally would suggest using ghosts's NBP image |
| 19:40.06 | StAnG | not really |
| 19:40.14 | SB1-Laptop | It's built for the job, end result... |
| 19:40.22 | StAnG | k |
| 19:40.28 | StAnG | thnx for you help |
| 19:40.32 | SB1-Laptop | anywho, afk |
| 19:40.35 | StAnG | k |
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