I really like this idea, one single floppy still, no cd's to burn, no mucking about with switching disks....
Plug the boot disk into a box with a floppy drive and a harddrive, a NIC and another NIC or Modem, auto detect the cards, have one of them offer a webinterface to setup from. You could upload the files off your Windows box, be it a tarball or other file format, and it would only be limited by the size of harddrive. -- On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 04:44:18 Mark Haas wrote: >John, > >I've seen this done on the so-called Pizza Box servers Kyzo offers. >They use an initial install floppy, which formats the hard disk and then >starts a micro web server that you use to upload the rest of the >software from your PC to the server via the LAN. Here is the link to >their Internet Gateway product: > >http://www.kyzo.com/PB-InternetGateway/FreeSplit.html > >============================================================ >Apply Now for a new Discover� Platinum - 0% Intro APR on >Purchases and Balance Transfers* plus, No Annual Fee. 100% >Fraud Protection, Up to 2% Cash Back Bonus� award*, Up to >$50,000 Credit Limit, and more! Act before November 30! >http://click.topica.com/caaad4Hbz8Rp2bAnyJXf/Discover >============================================================ > >-- >Visit http://www.ShareTheNet.com for info about ShareTheNet >Visit http://www.topica.com/lists/sharethenet for info about this list >To Unsubscribe send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ============================================================ Apply Now for a new Discover� Platinum - 0% Intro APR on Purchases and Balance Transfers* plus, No Annual Fee. 100% Fraud Protection, Up to 2% Cash Back Bonus� award*, Up to $50,000 Credit Limit, and more! Act before November 30! http://click.topica.com/caaad4Hbz8Rp2bAfyICf/Discover ============================================================ -- Visit http://www.ShareTheNet.com for info about ShareTheNet Visit http://www.topica.com/lists/sharethenet for info about this list To Unsubscribe send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Rp2.bAfyIC Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
