TimPawlak Posted August 7, 2006 CID Share Posted August 7, 2006 i have a network drive... i mapped it.. and how can i use it as if it was a local disk? like to install games on and stuff...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted August 7, 2006 Author CID Share Posted August 7, 2006 never mind... i got it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted August 7, 2006 Author CID Share Posted August 7, 2006 can you install windows on a network drive?? lol.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted August 7, 2006 CID Share Posted August 7, 2006 can you install windows on a network drive?? lol.. no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted August 7, 2006 Author CID Share Posted August 7, 2006 wow ok, dang don it took you 1 minute to respond to that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 7, 2006 CID Share Posted August 7, 2006 I am sure that there is a way to do a network boot for windows.. (different from installing windows on a network drive but I think this is more of what your question was anyways) The problem would be the time to set it up and the cost.. Not to mention that if you only have a 10/100 network the data transfer rates are going to suck. What this the original question.. Can I boot a machine from a network? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted August 7, 2006 Author CID Share Posted August 7, 2006 ya, i wanna do that... i have a 1000 btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 8, 2006 CID Share Posted August 8, 2006 I am going to have to look into it.. I know how to network boot solaris.. never really tried it with windows.. It is going to be really slow.. we use 2gb fiber.. and it is pretty slow.. also 7200rpm drives are not going to help ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted August 8, 2006 Author CID Share Posted August 8, 2006 says 10k right on it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 8, 2006 CID Share Posted August 8, 2006 what kind of drive are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted August 8, 2006 CID Share Posted August 8, 2006 says 10k right on it.. even if its 10,000 its still going to be slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 8, 2006 CID Share Posted August 8, 2006 10k or 15k is going to be better than 7200... but yes.. it is still going to be pretty slow I still dont even know if it is possible.. there were some articles that said not possible from san.. but then there were a few using linux and TCP/IP that said maybe.. we will see i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted August 8, 2006 CID Share Posted August 8, 2006 Network booting is possible with linux... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted August 8, 2006 CID Share Posted August 8, 2006 I still dont even know if it is possible.. there were some articles that said not possible from san.. but then there were a few using linux and TCP/IP that said maybe.. we will see i guess. it is possable to do it, just not the way he wants to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 8, 2006 CID Share Posted August 8, 2006 windows xp wasnt made to network boot.. server 2k3 was.. because has to be able to support SANs and HBA, Host Bus Adaptor. I dont know if windows XP was ever entended to do what he wants.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted August 8, 2006 CID Share Posted August 8, 2006 windows xp wasnt made to network boot.. server 2k3 was.. because has to be able to support SANs and HBA, Host Bus Adaptor. I dont know if windows XP was ever entended to do what he wants.. winXP was never entended to do it, only windows 2000, and 2003 will do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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