Rock and roll, Vik and Nick. It worked. Thanks a million!!! So the final solution was: *Install Microsoft Personal Web Server off the Win98 CD, and fire it up. *Boot laptop with tomsrtbt linux, which automatically detected the PCMCIA card and DHCP'd itself an IP addy *Mount dos partition and cd to mounted part *Type "wget http://129.168.0.108/filename.exe";
Reboot, and voila!!! Cheers again for all those suggestions!!! Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 22 January 2003 11:08 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: laptop schmaptop > > > theres porbably no dns set up on the toms rtbt, use the ip address of > the server, like > > wget http://192.168.x.x/path/to/file > > On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 10:58:07 +1300 > Steve Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Nick Rout > Barrister & Solicitor > Christchurch, NZ > Ph +64 3 3798966 > Fax + 64 3 3798853 > http://www.rout.co.nz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
