Re: xplrionet/xplmedianet

["Mal Lansell" <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Phew - that's a lot of steps to set up!  How much does copying the
Win98 image affect the boot time?

Mal




--- In ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx, "Tony Tofts" <tony@x> wrote:
> Hi Mal,
>
> The mobo boots pxelinux (basically a linux bootstrap) via tftp and
then
> loads a DOS floppy image
>
> The dos floppy starts tcpip, attaches to a network share, creates
a large
> ramdrive, and then copies a win98 image (actually a number of
files with the
> main one being a windows compressed drive image) to the ramdrive,
imports a
> few registry changes (this allows the same image to be used to
boot multiple
> pc's) and starts win98...
>
> The image is created on a standard pc to start with (identical to
the
> diskless pc) but you can then modify it and write back the image
from
> ramdrive to the network share so it can be tailored to the
specific pc (e.g.
> touchscreen, webcam etc)
>
> Regards
> Tony





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