Network boot

I've done some research and really haven't found anything saying whether this can be done or not. I'm pretty sure that it could but I'm not positive so I've come to some experts.

Here's what i'm looking to do:

Have a computer that currently does not have a HDD, but I want to be able to boot it into windows. It does have a network boot as a boot option. Is there a way for this machine to boot into a working version of windows off the network without having a physical HDD? If so please elaborate i'm really interested in getting this project off the ground.

Thanks!

 

Im going to have to say no on that one.

 

you can use a live cd of some distro of linux, like ubuntu or something...i believe that boot option is to get configs from a server, not actually booting from there..you still have to have a hard drive.

 

Don't know how but it should be possible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_booting

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskless_workstation

 

you could have a small HDD that only holds Windows, and then set up a domain so that you can boot and keep your files on a server.

 

interesting. let us know if you manage to get this up and going rys. didnt know that was even possible.

 

We are trying this in the office today, i'm really anxious to see if we can get it working.

 

Well we couldn't quite get it functioning, so we opted to order a thin client from WYSE and test and play around with it. We're going to start implementing these with our clients in the area that want them.

http://www.wyse.com/products/hardware/thinclients/V90L/index.asp

 

Thin clients are awesome. Have used many at different offices through out the years.