Boot PC throught NETWORK

maxstuff2003 · 21-05-2009, 02:40 PM

hi,
i want to boot a computer which is in my network through LAN,it's my friends he don't have a DVD and as i have a os of 4.5gb ,it's possible through disk less booting and goggled for it and found net boot but it's a very complicated one,please tell me any soft. or way in easy steps. We don't have a pen drive.
also tell me how much time it will take.
thanx

NucleusKore · 21-05-2009, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by maxstuff2003

hi,
i want to boot a computer which is in my network through LAN,it's my friends he don't have a DVD and as i have a os of 4.5gb ,it's possible through disk less booting and goggled for it and found net boot but it's a very complicated one,please tell me any soft. or way in easy steps. We don't have a pen drive.
also tell me how much time it will take.
thanx

Very complicated first post. Hope you're not here to sell anything :-P
You say you have an OS of 4.5 GB
Which OS?

maxstuff2003 · 22-05-2009, 10:04 AM

sir please if you know how to boot a disk less computer please tell me ,..forget the os !
Any one here who have tried can share it with me.
thanx

NucleusKore · 22-05-2009, 01:46 PM

It depends on the OS. I guess yours is Windows Vista or Windows 7 :-P

graydot · 22-05-2009, 02:53 PM

he probably just wants to know how to boot through pxe and setting up a pxe server. Anyone know of any easy to install pxe servers?

maxstuff2003 · 23-05-2009, 10:59 AM

right graydot i am talkin abt PXE NIC,..as it's i think possible through server which has option in it to boot network pc through lan,but am using xp-3,and i have seen guyz booting through lan by making one pc as virtual server and other one as diskless pc as client.

graydot · 24-05-2009, 01:24 AM

Couldn't find any easy software for this, but this guide has some instructions. Also http://tftpd32.jounin.net/ seems to be a decent tftpd server I am not on windows so I couldn't test it out but it is ooooold.