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Not taking into account any specific computers.
- How do I set up a computer to boot from a network drive?
- How do I set up the network drive to allow itself to be booted from.
I am open to using either Windows Server or any Linux Server distro. Whichever is easier.
The images that I want to boot from on the network drive will be Windows images. The computer will basically become a thin client.
Update:
This is basically what I wanted to do, I just need to know how to do it.
Deploy an already created image of Windows 7 from Windows Server 2008 R2 over the network.
The Client will utilize the OS provided by the server, but all the resources will be used locally such as CPU and RAM.
If it is easier to deploy the image from Linux then Windows, then I will use that instead.
This is a little off topic of the question but why do you need a setup like this? Why won't a traditional OS install work in your situation? From what I can tell, a Live CD is the closest you can get to your need, but it has a number of caveats that might make it unworkable. – Doltknuckle – 2011-05-25T15:34:26.303
I want to implement this in my home, so that I can maintain the computers easily. By just booting the OS from a network drive and have the folders all be stored in a central server. I don't want an HDD in each computer. I just want to use the local processing power. – paradd0x – 2011-05-25T15:42:38.010