Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:44:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Good News: Networking under DOS for installation purpose
> 2 Methods to install a Lib without CD are well known:
> - Prepare the disk in another PC, make it bootable or use floppys to boot
> and install the OS from the disk.
> - Use a serial cable to another PC, DOS has the capabilities to map a remote
> disk to the other computer.
> Both have big disadvantages: Many users don't like to open the Lib and the
> serial connection needs hours to transfer an installation CD.
>
> There is a third method to copy an installation CD to a Lib: A bootable
4) Pull HD, connect to 2.5" to 3.5" IDE connector, drop into desktop, copy
necessary install files to HD, then reinsert HD into Libretto. Only takes a
few minutes for transfering hundreds of MB of files over.
5) Symantec.com Ghost or Laplink.com Laplink or DOS 6.22 Interlink over
parallel port Laplink/DCC compatible parallel port cable. Far faster than a
serial Laplink/DCC cable, although it'll still take about 4-8 hours to xfer
~650MB of files over. Works quickly enough however to let you xfer the entire
Windows install files (meaning versions but Win2K/NT which are larger) in a
short time to install from HD.
6) CompactFlash/SmartMedia/Iomega Clik!/IBM Microdrive with PCCMIA and
desktop PC adapters. Simply dump files to these devices and copy over.
Assumes they have necessary DOS config.sys drivers however.
7) Adaptec PCMCIA SCSI card and DOS drivers and SCSI HD/CD drive (eg. Sony 6x
SCSI Discman CD-ROM drive from years ago). Quick and fast.
Lots of other ways, but these are the ones I've used sucessfully in the past.
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