> Hi!
> It's springtime and so I decided to try out something new.
> Maybe someone
> can hint me at some docs/sites/etc about this:
> Currently I have three installations here on three different HD's (IDE
> only): Linux, WinNt and Win98. I swap the drives using a drive bay.
> Now what I want to do is:
> build another box from the remains I have laying around, stick those
> Windows-ridden drives and an Ethernet card in and run everything from
> within Linux only using Samba.
> I don't want to use something like VMWare for performance and
> stability
> reasons.
> Main problem so far:
> How do I boot the new box from within Linux? i.e.: NT's boot
> screen and
> login prompt must be visible/accessible via Linux since NT's box won't
> have a keyboard attached. As far as I see this seems to
> require a somehow
> 'intelligent' network card with a BIOS that runs
> independently from the
> OS, right? Is there something like this? Or am I completely nuts?
> In case you don't know what the hell I am talking about, I
> will try to be
> more explicit in a reply.
Have you tried just getting a cheap KVM (keyboard/video/mouse) switch from a
computer shop? They run about $100 ducks for a two port switch with
cables...
HTH
Jason Abbott
--
"Out the 10Base-T, through the router, over the leased line, off the bridge,
past the firewall, down the T1's...nothing but Net."
