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LAN Boot, How To Accomplish
Hi,
I recently was given an HP Pavilion XT155 (similar is ZE4100) laptop with a missing HDD and it's holder/connector. No floppy drive. The CD drive may be faulty because I am unable to boot from a bootable CD (I tried 3 different bootable CDs). The CD drive spins up after a sluggish start, but I constantly get "Operating System Unfound". Note: In BIOS setup, I changed the boot order to CD drive first. This HP laptop has PXE and LAN Boot ability which I can access by pressing F12 during bootup. I would like to access this HP via another laptop that has an internal NIC, and use a CAT5 crossover cable, but I have never done anything like this before (bootup via another computer's OS). Note: I have accessed other laptops with network cards using a CAT5 crossover cable connected between two PCs (no router). An idea I have is to allow sharing to the A: drive with a bootable floppy disk in the drive on the other PC, but in order to enable access, I must launch Windows(98se) in this other PC. Then power up the HP and press F12 at the proper time to access LAN Boot function. I think I am missing some information and I need your help. Recap: I want to access the HP laptop, even though it doesn't have a HDD, floppy drive, or a good working CD drive. I have a very good reason for doing this. Thank You in Advance, John PS, Remove "ine" from my email address This laptop has PXE and LAN Boot ability. I am no expert on networks, but I tried a laptop with an internal NIC and a CAT5 cross over cable. This other laptop, I allowed (share) full access to C: (bootable) drive with that computer (Win98se) running. On the HP, at bootup, I pressed F12 to use LAN Boot and I saw some activity on the HP screen with "Client MAC ADDR: 00 9F 18 AA D5". The next line was "GUID: E0A 75105-4EF5-D611-8353-00C09F18AAD5" Unfortunately, I was unable to bootup from the other laptop, which was already booted. I was wondering, if I put a bootable floppy in that other laptop, and allow full access (share) to A:, would that "work"? |
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