Over the next few months I'm planning to cover Windows Deployment Services (WDS), which is available for Windows Server 2003 and is built into Windows Server 2008. Jan 05, 2010 Many years ago I used Remote Installation Services (RIS) on a Windows 2000 Server to install Windows 2000 Pro and Windows XP to clients on my network. Orly Draw A Story Direct on this page. Continuing the series regarding installing Windows 7 over RHEL/CentOS 7 PXE Network Boot, where in the first part I have only covered setting up prerequisites on PXE.
VERY IMPORTANT Prerequisites There are many things you need to prepare beforehand, so that everything works smoothly. Please don’t skip any of these elements or the likelihood of failure will be high: • You need to download and extract a little tool named. Download the appropriate version for your operating system (32-bit or 64-bit). You will notice that there are a 'Non-Supporter' version and a 'Supporter' version. The free one is the 'Non-Supporter' version. It includes a small annoyance when you start it, plus a few limitations that won’t impact you unless you are a network admin or IT professional who needs to install lots of operating systems on many network computers. If you are such a professional, go ahead and purchase the 'Supporter' version which costs a fair $29.99.
• This software is a bit finicky. It doesn’t like long folder structures and installation folders, spaces and special characters. Therefore, extract it in a folder with a short name, directly on the root of one of your computer’s partitions. For example, I extracted it at 'D: SERVA'. Choose a similar path on your computer. • You need the original installation files for the operating system(s) you want to install over the network.
Have them at hand as you will need to copy them to a special folder, as they are, without modifications. • For the computers where you are about to install Windows over the network, identify their exact network card model(s). Then, download the appropriate drivers for the Windows version you are about to install on them. By default, Windows setup programs support a limited number of network cards. If your system is rather new, then it is very likely that it won’t support its network card and the installation procedure will fail.
• Every time you run Serva,. This way it has the required permissions to create files, save the settings you make, etc. • When you run Serva, make sure that it is not blocked by your firewall. The application must be set as allowed on the computer where it runs, otherwise it won’t be able to transfer anything over the network. • The computer where the installation files are stored and the one where you want to install Windows must be part of the same network. This means that you have a router on your home network, managing network IP addresses and network traffic.
If not, then you should directly connect the two computers with a. Step 1 - Run Serva & Make Its Initial Configuration Run Serva as administrator. The free version will ask you to wait for 7 seconds before you can use it. Once the wait is over, click 'Thanks, not today'. Its window is now open. Click Settings. First, go to the DHCP tab.