Actually, this is not quite the case. Most large computer
manufacturers, such as Dell--whose manufacturing line that I have a
little experience with, will either boot up with a floppy on a
network bios on the assembly line, then install a Windows OS, extra
hardware drivers, and applications from a server. Any diskless
"network computer" is designed to connect to a server on boot. It's
unlikely, though, that our hapless questioner has the appropriate
facilities for that unless he works for a company that does its own
sophisticated setups, as a small percentage of them do.
Other interesting cases exist as well: some manufacturers supply a
"rescue" CD-ROM which allows copying/installation onto a virgin or
corrupted hard disk. In fact, it's how I installed Windows onto my
laptop after replacing a failed hard disk with a virgin one. If both
computers are put out by the same manufacturer, this might be a
viable approach.
Of course, if it's a Linux OS that he's referring to, the problem is
rather trivial, as other Linuxheads on the list can affirm. But
then, would that kind of question even come up?
> no this is not possible... unless you use an imaging software like Ghost.
> Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Dr. Charles Wm. Bell, Jr.
> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 1999 11:30 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SaF] Use a Null cord to transfer files
>
>
> Please advise if I can and how if possible to
> transfer an operating system from a host
> computer to a computer with nothing at all
> on it.
>
