Sypher Posted October 21, 2009 Report post Posted October 21, 2009 Hi, Since SCCM isn't really working for me I decided to create my own. After a few hours of scripting, my unattended system deployment software is finished and working perfectly. There is only one downside: if Network is the first boot device, it keeps on reinstalling. Is there a way to make WDS send an AbortPXE to the clients that do not require a reinstallation? I'd like to have an option to select the computers that have to be reinstalled. Is this possible with plain WDS? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 anyweb Posted October 21, 2009 Report post Posted October 21, 2009 this should give you some ideas... http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/506-how-can-i-prestage-a-computer-for-wds/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Sypher Posted October 21, 2009 Report post Posted October 21, 2009 The computers can be both new (unknown) as already existing in the the AD, but installed using a different technique. Basicly they are already "managed", but I cannot figure out how to abort the PXE boot. My Google-searches aren't producing any viable results either, but it should be possible since SCCM and possible other WDS-based installation systems are doing it. My guess is that it can be solved with BINL, but how? No clue Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Sypher Posted October 22, 2009 Report post Posted October 22, 2009 Ok, I kind-of got it to work. From the WDS server you can change the boot program from pxeboot.n12 (or pxeboot.com) to abortpxe.com (or the n12 one ) However, I'm looking for a way to do let the WDS server change that specific setting after it booted the client for the first time. Any ideas on how i can archieve that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi,
Since SCCM isn't really working for me I decided to create my own.
After a few hours of scripting, my unattended system deployment software is finished and working perfectly.
There is only one downside: if Network is the first boot device, it keeps on reinstalling.
Is there a way to make WDS send an AbortPXE to the clients that do not require a reinstallation?
I'd like to have an option to select the computers that have to be reinstalled.
Is this possible with plain WDS?
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