PXE Boot

addle_brains

addle_brains

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I'm very new to this. Is there a way (preferably a program) that will let me host a Debian image on a Windows XP box. I would then like to *somehow* install Debian on a client machine. My reasoning is that I got a special Debian distro from my university on DVD. I don't have an IDE DVD drive to go with the spare computer, so I'd like to know how to get around this. I really have no clue how to do this, thanks in advance for the help.

Edit: I have already considered the "dual partition" option. I would prefer to run both OS at the same time. Also, I have a spare box, why not use it?
 
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addle_brains said:
I'm very new to this. Is there a way (preferably a program) that will let me host a Debian image on a Windows XP box. I would then like to *somehow* install Debian on a client machine. My reasoning is that I got a special Debian distro from my university on DVD. I don't have an IDE DVD drive to go with the spare computer, so I'd like to know how to get around this. I really have no clue how to do this, thanks in advance for the help.

Edit: I have already considered the "dual partition" option. I would prefer to run both OS at the same time. Also, I have a spare box, why not use it?
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well PXE booting requires server services to run, so unless you are running a windows server, no to my knowledge you can not do this.

However, all hope is not lost, you can use a free open source linux solution I have perosnally used and it allows you to create custom net deployable images of any OS, including windows. It also supports PXE booting

http://drbl.sourceforge.net/
 
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