Using Altiris without PXE
bwilkerson
February 6th, 2009
Ok, this relates to my other post but after talking with my network Manager he wants me to investigate using Altiris with no PXE at all. I am thinking I will have to use WinPE or a Linux Embedded boot image or something but I am having trouble getting that to work with the Dell Vostro 1510 I have been using for testing. All I get is that it is try to establish a network connection. Forgive me but I forget the exact message as I am writing this post from home. I know the Vostro 1510 uses a Realtek 81xxC series NIC and the drivers for the NIC are there but I think the laptop is not getting an IP from DHCP which is why it is displaying the DHCP retrying error. I am so lost at this point so I am in desperate need of help.
You can create a boot image that is installed local to each PC. I do not believe this will require PXE. We did this for years using a DOS boot image.
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