Re: Remote boot?

[Ramon Gandia <rfg nook net>]

Juha Saarinen wrote:
> 
> Got a semi-ancient notebook without a floppy drive and a CD ROM drive that
> can't read multi-session CD-Rs. It's attached to my LAN via a Xircom PCMCIA
> adapter, and running RH 5.1.
> 
> I'd like to upgrade the system to 5.2, but can't think of a sensible way to
> do it. The notebook can't read the CD-R with 5.2 on it, but even if it
> could, it can't boot from CDs so I guess that wouldn't work either.

Remove the hard drive from the Notebook, connect it to a 
computer that has had the 5.2 installed on it, and copy one
hard drive to the other, then reinstall on the Notebook.

Notebook IDE drives have a 44 pin connector for data/power;
you probably will need an adapter....or use a 50 pin header,
a hacksaw, glue and make your own.

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