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Article #8858Re: How does a diskless PC boot
From: Cliff Stanford
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1991 11:35
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1991 11:35
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In article <1991Mar22.165232.23110@myab.se> herder@myab.se (Jan Herder) writes: >I wan't to know how a diskless PC is booting DOS. Is it done by booting >from the server via proms on the network card or is anyone using DOS in prom. That's certainly how Apricot do it. Their diskless workstations will remote boot via a Dos, Novell or Unix server. They see one or two "soft-disks" as drives A: and B: which are really files on the server. >If it's done from the server how is the licence problem with DOS solved? MsDos is shipped with every machine. Thus no licensing problems. Cliff. -- Cliff Stanford Email: cliff@demon.co.uk (Work) Demon Systems Limited cms@demon.co.uk (Home) 42 Hendon Lane Phone: 081-349 0063 (Office) London N3 1TT England 0860 375870 (Mobile)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!slxsys!ibmpcug!demon!cliff From: cliff@demon.co.uk (Cliff Stanford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: How does a diskless PC boot Message-ID: <1991Mar31.113525.25357@demon.co.uk> Date: 31 Mar 91 11:35:25 GMT References: <1991Mar22.165232.23110@myab.se> Organization: Demon Systems Limited Lines: 19