From: "Brent Woodard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Here's the big management headache on this solution:
Is the enduser going to bring their workstation in so you can build the software config? You need to install whatever OS you have with the appropriate hardware. Are you going to be responsible for maintaining drivers for 300 different PCs for 300 different users? This is a scenario not out of the realm of possibility for a large company.
Hmm, that would be kind of nasty, but you should be able to write an unattended install script for them, and just have them slap in your HDD, put in the CD and boot. Once it's done, they connect to the corporate network and it auto-installs any other necessary software. Another thought would be to use something like Knoppix that has an entire OS contained on the CD.
And what about a boot manager? What are you going to use there?
Don't use one. Use removeable hard drives.
Once you open the Pandora's box of supporting users home workstations, you open the way for a whole set of support nightmare headaches. Bad business for an IS staff trying to keep costs down....
If you have home users, you're already supporting them.
Chris Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator JM Associates
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