<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >How to create diskless MS-Windows stations?</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Network Boot and Exotic Root HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Several ways of obtaining the kernel" HREF="x359.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Troubleshooting, tips, tricks, and useful links" HREF="x542.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Network Boot and Exotic Root HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x359.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x542.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="AEN537">7. How to create diskless MS-Windows stations?</H1 ><P >Since MS-Windows does not support diskless booting, a simple workaround is presented here: the solution is to use software like <A HREF="http://www.vmware.com" TARGET="_top" >VMWare</A > or its free alternative, <A HREF="http://www.plex86.org" TARGET="_top" >plex86</A >. Although the plex86 seems to have been abandonned, one can still boot certain versions of MS-Windows using this software. These enable MS-Windows to be executed transparently on the linux box.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x359.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x542.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Several ways of obtaining the kernel</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Troubleshooting, tips, tricks, and useful links</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >