Re: load tightvnc-server before OS install?

This is not possible for my purposes: my use case is automatic  
management of laptops in a kiosk setup.
There is no IPMI, BMC or any of the other server resources available.

Quoting Patrick Shoaf <[email protected]>:

> Personally, for headless system I recommend using IMPI via TCP/IP as  
> you can also handle BIOS changes and settings, as well as power  
> on/off and reboot the machine.  The other option if to use an IP KVM  
> solution.  Any software solution requires a running OS and you can't  
> see anything until the boot OS is loaded and then the software must  
> load before you can connect.
>
> I bought a new HP PC and it now has screensave, sleep, and shutdown  
> settings in the BIOS!!  You can't change that remotely unless your  
> now 1) not headless, 2) use IPMI, or 3) use IP KVM.
>
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> On 2/4/2022 2:31 PM, Stanislav Kogan wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> "Probably" is a very strong word. ;)
>>
>> I would have loved to use something besides VNC, but there is  
>> really only one other alternative called DART, which seems to be a  
>> horribly proprietary piece of software that no self respecting  
>> sysadmin would want to use.
>>
>> I'm currently exploring a way to switch over to some kind of  
>> terminal sharing over SSH instead, but no luck for now. VNC was a  
>> quick and easy. :(
>>
>>
>> Quoting Tony Su <[email protected]>:
>>
>>> The real question should be why you would want to use VNC at all
>>> during the pre-installation stage at all.
>>> Whatever your needs are, there's probably a simple solution available
>>> without using VNC.
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 6:01 AM Stanislav Kogan  
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi.
>>>>
>>>> What you need is to integrate VNC into the Windows Preinstallation
>>>> Environment image.
>>>>
>>>> This is totally doable, but TightVNC has been having problems with
>>>> running under WindowsPE since about a year ago and they are still not
>>>> corrected. Right now, if you connect to VNC server running under
>>>> WinPE, you get a black screen and a severe reduction in performance.
>>>> Very few people use this, so there seems to be no interest in coming
>>>> up with a fix, unfortunately.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here is a howto on integration of tightVNC in WinPE:
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/sjkingo/winpe_vnc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Quoting Rusty Travis <[email protected]>:
>>>>
>>>>> I have a Windows 10 ISO file to install on a machine that will be
>>>>> headless, z.b. no monitor, keyboard or mouse.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it possible somehow to pre-load the tightvnc server into the ISO
>>>>> file so that I may remotely view the OS installation screen?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Stanislav Kogan
>>>> System Administrator, M3Touch Inc.
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>>>>
>>>>
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