[Etherboot-users] Diskless setup booting up to Windows

[Belmin (Pub) <be...@gm...>]

Hello all.

    I am looking to implement a diskless setup that "boots up Windows" 
and stores all it's data on a Linux sever. I've been doing some web 
research on the subject and have pretty much figured out there is two 
ways I could go about this (Please, correct me if I'm wrong):


1) Basically: Storing all the data under a directory in the nix Server 
and somehow having the net boot load that directory as if it was a disk 
(maybe an image?, not sure).

This seems the most possible of the ways of implementations that I've 
come to. Any guidance on how I could accomplish this? Upside? Downside? 
Etc. For one thing, I don't like the fact that I'll be using the 
workstation's resources but I might not have any alternative...


2) Maybe I could somehow load a Windows environment use a VNC client 
(etherboot to somehow have a VNC client automatically load) to connect 
the workstation to the Windows environment.

This seems less possible than the first method unless I use a Windows 
server os and use rdesktop correct? (I've done such an implementation 
with Windows server before) But I do not want to use a Windows server at 
all in this setup. Anyone else knows of a different approach?


    I prefer to have the Windows environment use the server's resources 
as oppose to it using the workstation's resources. This however, might 
not be an option. If anyone has any input or some sort of documentation 
I should look at PLEASE post.

    Thanks for any help you may offer!

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Belmin Fernandez

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