Deploying an Operating System

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Once you have completed configuring and deploying RIS in your production environment, you are ready to perform operating system deployments in your production environment. Figure 4.9 illustrates the deployment options at this stage of the process.

Figure 4.9   Deploying an Operating System

To deploy an operating system by using RIS requires that client computers initiate a remote network boot. To do this, you must use one of the following methods:

• Use PXE-enabled client computers to boot from their network cards to a remote RIS server.

• Use a RIS boot floppy disk to emulate the PXE process to boot supported non PXE-enabled client computers from a remote RIS server.