Sysprep has nothing to do with RIS really.
Sysprep prepares the system (hence the name) to be cloned by something
like Ghost. After you sysprep a machine, you can ghost it and the next
time that machine reboots (which would be your cloned machines) it will
run through a kind of mini setup routine. Generating SIDs, etc. That
way its almost like installing it from scratch except that everything is
already done.
You don't need AD for sysprep.
RIS replaces the need for sysprep, but only because you can do entire
installations from scratch with it and so you wouldn't have the need for
it.
The different motherboard thing could be an issue. Nothing says you
can't set up a little test though.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 9:40 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Ghost and 2000
>
>
> They are all Dell's, pretty much Optiplex and Dimensions.
> The motherboard
> will be different. I currently don't have a 2k AD setup, NT
> still controls
> my domain. I'm reading up on sysprep, and it appears that
> Sysprep will work
> with an NT controlled domain since it's mainly looking for
> share names for
> the packages. I don't know, I'm not through the whole
> article yet. From
> what I understand, the RIS features of a 2K AD environment
> replace the need
> for sysprep, correct? Anyhow, we own a copy of Norton Ghost
> 2001, and I'd
> like to use it since I've used it in the past. However, I'd
> like to do this
> the best way possible, and in a way that will work later on.
> I don't have
> an available box to test the image on right now, so that's
> why I'm asking.
> I guess I could just try it here in the near future. I'll be
> moving to AD
> soon, but for now I'm dealing with 2k clients and NT servers.
>
> David James
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 10:40 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Ghost and 2000
>
> How different is the HW....
> If we are talking video and sound cards, it shouldn't be a big deal.
> Now a motherboard, that would be different.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 8:41 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Ghost and 2000
>
>
> Has anyone had any experiences with Ghosting and Win2k in
> this scenario:
>
> I want to create a standard machine configuration for my
> developers with
> 2000. I want to have 1 image, that will work with different hardware
> configurations. Does anyone know if this is possible? I know
> it wasn't
> with NT, and before I dive in and just try it, I'm wondering if anyone
> has done or is doing this.
> I don't mind taking the ghost of 2000 and reconfiguring the hardware,
> but will it freak out if the hardware has changed? Thanks.
>
> David James
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