anyone know how to pxe boot?

[redfury]

I posted this q in another thread but got no answer. I have been trying other methods with no luck but I know the pxe can be done bc I have done it before but it has been a long time.

I have an xp disk I want to install on a Toshiba m200 from a desktop pc. the Toshiba does not have a dvd drive nor have I been able to get it to boot from one.I was really hoping to set this up for my kids.

can someone please help guide me through installing windows via pxe?

 

[ThomasJ93]

You will have to install something on the desktop that can provide a bootable environment. In Windows Server there's Windows Deployment Services. You could install Windows Server as a virtual machine on the desktop, but that's a bit of a hassle for just one installation.

What I would do in your case, is preparing a usb flash drive for the installation of XP. Then just boot off of that and install it.

 

[COLGeek]

I would imagine you would need to setup Internet Connection Sharing on the desktop (as a start) and then look at this link:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2008.07.desktopfiles.aspx

However, this may not even be enough as ThomasJ93 indicates as the full services provided in a server environment are not available.

getochkn provided an even better solution for you, BTW, than trying to use PXE.

 

[getochkn]

There are guides out there to install XP from a usb key. It's complicated and not as easy as 7/8 but it can be done. I used to do it all the time. Google it.

 

[redfury]

I am using tftpd32 app. I get to the point where on my m200 I type in use net y:\\192.168.1.5\cd but I get an error the network name cannot be found. I shared my cd drive and gave it the shared name cd. am I missing a step? here is the instructions I am using but maybe they are wrong somewhere? here are the instructions I am trying to fallow http://blog.ryantadams.com/2008/02/01/how-to-boot-from-the-network-pxe-boot-with-tftp-and-windows-pe/