On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 3:26 AM, Tejesh <tejes...@gmail.com> wrote: > James Clendenan <james.clendenan <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> >> Which versions of Windows are you looking at using? >> Pre Windows Vista are very different than post. Also server was a bit > different than the client versions. >> >> Are you currently doing any imaging with WAIK? >> >> Are you imaging/cloneing the systems, or doing a from scratch install. > Cobbler is good for the later, other systems like FOG/Clonezilla/Ghost may be > better for the former. >> >> James >> >> ps, I'm tempted to try my hand at building up a windows vista/7 pxe >> installer, > more for my dev lab, as I hate installing windows over and over again but it's > the only way to test a couple of things. Would anyone else be interested in > collaborating? >> >> On 2011-09-21, at 10:35 AM, <Janet.Conkle <at> afscn.com> <Janet.Conkle <at> > afscn.com> wrote: >> >> >> Has anyone been successful in installing windows using cobbler? I’ve found a > few things on the net but nothing definitive. I need a tool that will install > baseline images on lab boxes of both the linux and Windows flavors. >> >> >> Janet Conkle >> >> ETG >> >> x5343 >> >> >> _______________________________________________cobbler mailing listcobbler > <at> lists.fedorahosted.orghttps://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cobbler mailing list >> cobbler <at> lists.fedorahosted.org >> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >> > > Hi, > > I want to install windows 2008 server from scratch with Cobbler is it > possible? if yes, can any1 share the steps?
I've automated Windows Server 2008 installs using cobbler and the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. Windows nodes PXE boot into WinPE and fetch their configuration from a MDT share. MDT doesn't have an API as far as I know but you can insert machine entries via SQL. -Eric _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
