Thanks Nick, I decided to try your method. I have installed Microsoft Personal Web server on my pc, and checked from another intranet pc running winnt that I can access it and copy the file I want over the network. So then I go back to tomsrtbt, and try wget, but I'm afraid when I type: wget http://steve/win98se.exe It replies wget: steve: Unknown host.
Please could someone tell me how to use wget, or what else I may not have thought of. Thanks again all Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 21 January 2003 17:42 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: laptop schmaptop > > > 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]> > > >
