PXE real life use

[Chris Papageorgiou]

Dear Derek,
First Id like to thank you for your reply.
Yes I've read the handbook and lots of other technical articles on this
particular subject,
what concerns me is the overall 'worth' of this technique just to install
OS's on customer's computers through PXE and not by the traditional way.

Best Regards,
Chris


Derek Ragona wrote:
> 
> At 03:03 AM 10/1/2008, Chris Papageorgiou wrote:
> 
>>Hello all,
>>I'd like to point a subject on PXE server usage on a daily basis such as a
>>service department.
>>Im thinking of developing such system to load OS's(not strictly *NIX)
>>installations through LAN than using a CD each time.
>>What would be the cons,pros to such system and what are the limits?
>>
>>Looking forward for your replies.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Chris Papageorgiou
> 
> Chris,
> 
> Have you read the handbook on diskless clients?  That will give you some 
> good background on the subject.
> 
> The reason to use diskless clients is simplified support, where you only 
> need to update the diskless client boot to update all the clients that use 
> that boot.
> 
> As for issues, bandwidth can be problematic, depending on the number of 
> clients, and if they all boot at the same time.
> 
>          -Derek
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