download win32 version of apache.
httpd.apache.org
and in the config files search for document root and change that to your
cd-rom drive(you would be best to transfer it to your hd quicker)
and a few lines down you have to change a line to the same as document root


|ben
Gareth Williams said:
> cuteFTP is, IIRC, an ftp client. What you want is an ftp server. If you
> have  another linux machine on the network you could samba mount the
> files you want  (from the windows box), and then offer the mounted dir
> over ftp or http.
>
> Incidentally this is how I installed RH on a laptop with a similar
> ethernet  card (3com etherlink III) - I thought it'd be a pain to get
> the PCMCIA  network card to play nice, but I stuck tomsrtbt in and to my
> surprise it  autodetected it, all I had to do was give it an IP address.
> very nice (I  don't know who it was who's mentioned tomsrtbt on this
> list before, but  thanks, it rocks =)
>
> Then mount the local HD and wget the CD images I needed. Piece of cake
> =) So all you need is an http server, or an ftp server - if you don't
> have a  linux box on the same network, you can probably find a free http
> server or  ftp server for windows, but I wouldn't know anything about
> that...
>
> Unless.... I might be wrong, but can't you get apache for windows? Worth
> a  look perhaps..
>
> Cheers,
> Gareth
>
>
> On Tuesday 21 January 2003 17:04, Steve Bell 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


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