Re: load tightvnc-server before OS install?

If I understood well you need to install windows without any interaction ?
If so, default boot = pxe + automatic unattended windows install should 
be fine.

Just in case:
Intel integrate a kind of VNC in *vPro* CPU.

On 04.02.22 23:55, Stanislav Kogan wrote:
> 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.
>>>>> <*>
>>>>> eMail: [email protected]
>>>>>
>>>>>
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