For pxe server setup you can refer my previous post.
Enabling rpmforge repository
cd /root
wget http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.1-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.5.1-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
yum install cabextract -y
yum install tftp-server tftp samba -y
Mount XP CD image (I am using XP with Service Pack 3) and copy i386 folder to the directory from where you are going to start the installation
mkdir /mnt/iso
mount xpsp3.iso /mnt/iso
mkdir /tftpboot/winxp/i386/ -p
cd /mnt/iso/i386
cp -av * /tftpboot/winxp/i386/
Also copy drivers to i386 folder. I have collected some drives you have to download & copy them to i386 folder
cd /root
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bootfloppy/pxefiles.tar.gz?use_mirror=space
tar zxvf pxefiles.tar.gz
cd pxefiles/drivers
cp * /tftpboot/winxp/i386/
cd /tftpboot/winxp/i386/
cabextract driver.cab
Creating file of windows for pxe boot
cd /tftpboot/winxp
cabextract /tftpboot/winxp/i386/startrom.n1_
sed -i -e 's/NTLDR/XPLDR/gi' startrom.n12
mv startrom.n12 winxp.0
cabextract /tftpboot/winxp/i386/setupldr.ex_
sed -i -e 's/winnt\.sif/winxp\.sif/gi' setupldr.exe
sed -i -e 's/ntdetect\.com/ntdetect\.wxp/gi' setupldr.exe
mv setupldr.exe xpldr
cp /tftpboot/winxp/i386/ntdetect.com ntdetect.wxp
Changing the file name case if they are in uppercase
cd /tftpboot/winxp/i386/
ls | awk '$0!=tolower($0){printf "mv \"%s\" \"%s\"\n",$0,tolower($0)}' | shCreating samba share
Add this to your existing or new /etc/samba/smb.conf
[Global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
[ris]
path = /tftpboot
browsable = true
read only = yes
writable = no
guest ok = yes
chkconfig --level 35 smb on
service smb restart
Creating Response file
cd /tftpboot/winxp
vi winxp.sif
[data]
floppyless = "1"
msdosinitiated = "1"
; Needed for second stage
OriSrc = "\\SAMBA_SERVER_IP\ris\winxp\i386"
OriTyp = "4"
LocalSourceOnCD = 1
DisableAdminAccountOnDomainJoin = 1
[SetupData]
OsLoadOptions = "/fastdetect"
; Needed for first stage
SetupSourceDevice = "\Device\LanmanRedirector\SAMBA_SERVER_IP\ris\winxp"
[UserData]
ComputerName = *
Create or modify PXE boot menu list
vi /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
LABEL XPkernel winxp/winxp.0
Creating tftp remap file
ri ^[az]: # Remove “drive letters”
rg \\ / # Convert backslashes to slashes
rg \# @ # Convert hash marks to @ signs
rg /../ /..no../ # Convert /../ to /..no../
rg A a
rg B b
rg C c
rg D d
rg E e
rg F f
rg G g
rg H h
rg I i
rg J j
rg K k
rg L l
rg M m
rg N n
rg O o
rg P p
rg Q q
rg R r
rg S s
rg T t
rg U u
rg V v
rg W w
rg X x
rg Y y
rg Z z
r ^/(.*) \1
r ^xpldr winxp/xpldr
r ^ntdetect.wxp winxp/ntdetect.wxp
r ^winxp.sif winxp/winxp.sif
Changes in tftp deamon to run tftp remap file
server_args = -m /tftpboot/tftpd.remap -s -v -v -v -v /tftpboot
Running binl server so that client machine can take needed network drivers
cp /root/pxefiles/script/binlsrv.py /tftpboot/winxp/
cp /root/pxefiles/script/infparser.py /tftpboot/winxp/
cd /tftpboot/winxp/
/tftpboot/winxp/infparser.py /tftpboot/winxp/i386
nohup /tftpboot/winxp/binlsrv.py &
Note : you can get windows drivers from driverpacks.net
