Win XP Network Boot...with no CD or Floppy? 1

[Wiz0fBaud]

Hey everyone, I have kinda a odd situation. Very Shortly I'm going to have to load up about a dozen machines with windows xp pro. But this is the hard part. The machines have no floppy drives, no CD drives.

What I was thinking was:

1. Network boot - However, I'd need a ethernet driver, which I'm assuming would have to come from some usb device right? Or is there a more seamless way?

2. USB Device - CD Rom/Memory Stick - Which would work, but I don't really want to do that.

I'm really hoping someone has a suggestion except for get a cdrom drive/floppy drive.

Also if anyone has any great resources on this I would be very grateful

Thanks -

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[bcastner]

The supported feature is called RIS, Remote Installation Server.

A tutorial:

http://www.techtutorials.com/tutorials/xp/xprisinstallation.shtml

You need to go to the manufacturer's web site to find the right drivers for RIS.