[H-GEN] swap partitions

[Ian Pulsford]

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alexr wrote:
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> Hi All,
> I was wondering how hard it would be to create a bootable CD set up to
> network with my laptop would be.  I am fed up with trying to get my
> laptop (with Win XP installed ATM) to network with other machines.
> Networking with other XP machines is difficult and as for 95/98, forget
> it!  I don't have Linux installed on my laptop just yet, but that's
> another post...
> 
> The way I see it working is I can have Linux installed on my laptop,
> and just pop this CD in any PC and at least get a reliable connection
> to my laptop for transferring files.
> 
> The problems I see are it would have to be set up to run without a swap
> partition and it would need a wide variety of NIC drivers to be of any
> use.  I could always just include drivers for one of my spare NICs, and
> carry it around with me...

Swap can be done over nfs if needed.  What about setting up an nfs
diskless tree on your laptop and booting the PC(s) with a kernel on a
floppy/cd with lots of nic drivers compiled in?

Ian

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