Re: Diskless boot for win 95/98

[Steve_Marfisi@3com.com]

WIN95 has always been possible...one can refer to
http://cuiwww.unige.ch/info/pc/remote-boot/howto.html for more info on how to do
it. WIN98 has not been done off Linux, yet, to my knowledge. From NT, yes, it
has been done - by Lanworks and by Qualystems in France.





Ken Yap <ken@nlc.net.au> on 01/26/2000 09:00:18 AM

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>  * What does Mknbi-dos exactly do?..... Does it create a boot sector
>which can later create a ram disk to load a filesystem ... or... does it
>create a ramdisk image with an x86 bootsector on it?

It creates a boot image which is a virtual floppy installed as A: when
the system boots.

>  * After running mknbi-dos on a linux server, how do I load it onto the
>client? What is the procedure to start windows/dos on the client with the
>bootsector/ramdisk image on the server?

Same as for Linux images, put it where the tftp server can serve it to
the client. All the other steps are the same.

>Before jumping into it I would just like to know if there is any foolproof
>theory to suggest that this idea of remote booting win 95/98 from a linux
>server is just not possible?

It apparently is possible but it seems you have to use a Netware export
for the root disk since Netbios over TCP/IP cannot serve root disks. So
that means Samba can't be used for the root disk. If anybody knows
different, tell the list. I don't go near Windoze at all.
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