Re: Booting Win95 with etherboot & samba.

[markus@dns.infoscape.com]

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Andreas Kostyrka writes:
 > I would need to boot a Windows95 client discless. (This is possible, I've
 > not believed it myself, but my university is using NT servers. And it's
 > not that important to me as to install this ugly duck anywhere here *grin*
 > (eNTe is actually the german word for duck *grin*))
 >
 > Is it possible to boot off a linux system using etherboot? *wonder*

I have heard different reports about the feasibility of booting
Win95. As I do not have access to Win95 myself (come to think of it,
currently I do not have access to any computer of my own, because I
just moved to the U.S.), I cannot test this feature.

I would very much appreciate, if you just tried if it was working and
then let us know. Quite possibly, there are only minor changes that
need to be done to get it working. IIRC, Win95 has special
restrictions on the exact contents of the CPU registers when its boot
code gets executed. If you have experience with debugging programs, it
should not be too difficult to figure this out.

I am sorry, that I cannot be of more help, but I it will probably be a
few more months until I can actively continue developing "etherboot".

Good luck,


Markus

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