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depotserver
5. Netboot products: Automated OS installation and more
dhcp server provides
net configuration
and tftpserver
opsiconfd
Installation directory
(/opt/pcbin/install/winxppro)
It also holds the information on how to partition the hard disk, what file system to use
and which operating system to install. Also it provides the encrypted password to
connect the file share.
dhcp-request
opsi-webservice-request
for configuration data
mount
copy
Figur 22: PXE-Boot loaded with bootimage preparing hard disk for operating system
installation
These informations will be combined with some information taken from the dhcp
response and then be passed to the installation script for further processing.
copy
Then the password for the user 'pcpatch' will be decrypted with the transferred key to
mount the installation share and then call the installation script from the mounted share
to start the installation of the operating system. What specific operations the script
performs depends on the operating system which is to be installed. Below the steps of a
Windows XP installation will be described.
Prepare the disc: On the hard disk the bootimage creates a new partition (of size 6
GB), formats it and installs a bootable ntloader kernel.
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PC/Client
BootImage
Disk will be partitionied,
formated and made bootable
Bootimage mount with
configuration information
the installation directory
and start the
installation script
File for operating system
installation will be copy on
the disk and setup control
will be create
Reboot start the automatic
operating system
installation