I used slackware install disks, which have lots of drivers for esoteric network cards.
I put the win 98 disk in the cdrom of the server and made it available to the web browser. I did a find on the win98 folder of the cd to get a list of the install cab etc files. I then wrote a short script to step through the list of files and wget them from the server. I then put that script and the list on a floppy and ran them on the laptop. I mounted the vfat formatted hard drive in the laptop and then I ran the script and it gave me a directory on the hard drive full of the win98 cab files. I then booted a dos boot floppy and ran c:\setup.exe But as you say, you need a server - www or ftp. If your server is running linux, thats no sweat. If you are running windows you can install personal web server (on the win 98 and other install disks), and when you have finished this operation REMOVE IT, also do not allow it anywhere near the big bad net without a large prophylactic!! On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:04:56 +1300 Steve Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Bell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 21 January 2003 17:02 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: laptop schmaptop > > > Yes Tom's has wget. Unfortunately I haven't a clue how to run a web or ftp > server on this here PC though. Could I use cuteFTP, or am I very wrong? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, 21 January 2003 17:55 > > To: Steve Bell; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: laptop schmaptop > > > > > > >Now to figure out how to smb. I don't think Tom's has Samba. > > It pings the > > > > >router fine. > > > > There's more than one way to copy a file over a network. > > > > Does tom's have wget? If so, run a web server or ftp server on > > the other box. > > > > > > Yuri > > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
