On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 11:53:55AM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 23:07 +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> > > I've seen several suggestions for ways to make diskettes that will
> > > either boot from CD or network.
> >
> > http://rom-o-matic.net/ is a useful service here.
> I used th
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 11:07:00PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 09:47:02PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> > Someone suggested I try smart boot manager on a floppy, to cause a boot
> > off CD-ROM. But I can't get that to work.
> >
> > I've seen several suggestions for ways to
On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 23:07 +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> > I've seen several suggestions for ways to make diskettes that will
> > either boot from CD or network.
>
> http://rom-o-matic.net/ is a useful service here.
I used that, though I suspect it's not quite working. I get to the
point where it
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 09:47:02PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 22:11 -0500, Celejar wrote:
> > On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:03:10 -0500
> > "Douglas A. Tutty" wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:10:27AM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> > > > I have an old machine without a work
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 12:47:02AM EST, Ross Boylan wrote:
[..]
> All my options seem to involve work!
Sounds more like _fun_ to me ... !
:-)
> So far, I've spent a lot of time with nothing to show.
Not really ... at least you've gotten me (yet again) interested in this
issue. And yes, it
On Mon, 22 Dec 2008, Ross Boylan wrote:
I switched to trying to get a 100Mhz Pentium with 64MB of RAM working.
Unfortunately, it can't boot from CD-ROM (maybe something broke--the CD
ROM is still readable, though). Nor does it directly support network
booting. Its disks are basically full; it'
On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 22:11 -0500, Celejar wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:03:10 -0500
> "Douglas A. Tutty" wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:10:27AM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> > > I have an old machine without a working hard disk that I'd like to use
> > > to connect to my main machine an
On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:03:10 -0500
"Douglas A. Tutty" wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:10:27AM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> > I have an old machine without a working hard disk that I'd like to use
> > to connect to my main machine and run X.
> >
> > I believe that I could boot off of knoppix,
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:10:27AM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> I have an old machine without a working hard disk that I'd like to use
> to connect to my main machine and run X.
>
> I believe that I could boot off of knoppix, but is there something
> easier I could do with the stuff already on my
Hey Ross,
Haven't tried this however I believe the Network Boot Howto is what you're
looking for
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Network-boot-HOWTO.html
Good luck :)
Bye for now
On Tuesday 23 Dec 2008, Ross Boylan wrote:
> I have an old machine without a working hard disk that I'd like
On 12/22/08 13:10, Ross Boylan wrote:
I have an old machine without a working hard disk that I'd like to use
to connect to my main machine and run X.
I believe that I could boot off of knoppix, but is there something
easier I could do with the stuff already on my main machine--maybe
setting up
2008/12/22 Ross Boylan :
> I have an old machine without a working hard disk that I'd like to use
> to connect to my main machine and run X.
>
> I believe that I could boot off of knoppix, but is there something
> easier I could do with the stuff already on my main machine--maybe
> setting up an im
I have an old machine without a working hard disk that I'd like to use
to connect to my main machine and run X.
I believe that I could boot off of knoppix, but is there something
easier I could do with the stuff already on my main machine--maybe
setting up an image and transmitting over the netwo
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