A universal PXE client obtains configuration information for an
information handling system, applies the configuration information to
create a drive on the information handling system and loads a manufacture
operating system in the drive. The manufacture operating system runs a
manufacture application that configures the software of the information
handling system. The universal PXE client is generated by a scripting
engine of a network boot program that is downloaded to the information
handling system with a NIC boot kernel activated on power-up. The state
of manufacture is periodically saved to a network location that tracks
manufacture progress and persists manufacture state information through
system re-boots.