On 29 Jan 2003, surleau wrote:

> What I did on old P100 with 500 Mb hard disk :
> Create a little partition where to install freedos (www.freedos.org).
> The autoexec.bat of freedos launches the etherboot "Dos Executable ROM
> image (.com)" from www.rom-o-matic.com , --> LTSP.
> It works everyday here at my work.
> So creating a second partition and installing a local OS with a
> boot-manager should not be a problem.


**** quite a while ago I answered the list explaining how to use grub to
dual boot Win98/LTSP. It may be somewhere in the archives. Using GRUB you
can setup dual boot on an existing Windows 98 system without any
partitioning.





> 
> Romain.
> 
> Le mar 28/01/2003 � 22:06, Peter Childs a �crit :
> >     Sorry for being stupid but if you want a more graphical effect.... you could 
> > put grub (or lilo) on the harddisk and tell grub how to boot a etherboot 
> > disk. As the machine is not disk less anyway if you can't program the boot 
> > prom it save the need for a floppy. (might get removed by a user who got 
> > rought up that machines should not normally be booted from floppy.
> >     I believe you should be able to install grub or lilo like this from knoppix 
> > or some other CD based distribution of linux ie no linux intallation needed 
> > to set it up.
> >     Not tried it my self but the logic should work. I guess you can just dd 
> > etherboot to a partition and it will work?
> > 
> >     Just a guess
> > 
> > Peter Childs
> > 
> > On Tuesday 28 January 2003 16:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Before generating and downloading it you can configure Etherboot
> > > online to make it show a prompt that lets you choose between a local
> > > and a remote boot. You can even determine how long it should pause
> > > before choosing a default way to boot. That should do the trick.
> > >
> > > On 28-Jan-03 Joyce LAMBERT wrote:
> > > > Hello
> > > >
> > > > I have now a server with LTSP running good.
> > > > Some of the pc must run with LTSP and with Win98 on a local hard
> > > > drive.
> > > > Is there a possibility to start a multiboot with the network
> > > > 1- LTSP
> > > > 2- Win98 (Local HardDrive)
> > > > 3- HardDrive Clone (Norton Ghost Like) [I have see udpcast how can
> > > > do
> > > > somthing like this).
> > > >
> > > > I now the project is at the begining but if someone can help me to
> > > > find
> > > > the good road.
> > > >
> > > > Thank
> 
> 
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