diskless client boot from w2k?

[Thor]

IS there any way to boot up a diskless client from a w2k machine?
I have an AMD K7 800mhz sitting here after the mobo got fixed again (see the thread about the blown capacitors in the Hardware section) but I don't have an HD to go with it right now nor can I affort to buy one...
I don't have any experience wit linux.... and actually don't want to set up my PC with it....
I have a cd rom it could boot off...and i have 512MB RAm to go with it but how can I make it to use my PC as an network drive to load DF from?

questions and more questions....

Maybe somebody can help?

Greets Thor

[tim]

Can't help you with win2k, but I've got some machines booting off a floppy into linux running seti. They're way more reliable, and once you learn the basic commands, there're not hard to manage. Look at http://bhs.broo.k12.wv.us/homepage/s...i/lrp-seti.htm if you're interested. From there you can download versions premade for different lan drivers built in. If the df client could be compressed (in linux "tarred" and "gzipped") into a 3 or 400k file it would work for you.

[Thor]

Thanks, but I just found a friend who is willing to borrow me an 6.4GB HD for a while....
On the weekend we'll see if the repaired board performs as it should...

Greets Thor