How can I install Windows 2000 on a notebook computer with no CD-ROM drive? ... Here is the scenario:
I have an old notebook that just has a 3.5" floppy drive and a formatted hard drive. Fortunately, it also has a PCMCIA ethernet card that I is hooked up to a hub along with other computers (all are running Win 9x). So with the Windows 2000 CD in one of the other computers (that has a CD-ROM drive), how can I get it installed and running on the notebook through the network I have?
... I know that I need to "share" the CD-ROM drive on the computer where I plan to put the CD into, but how can I access this shared drive from the notebook to run the Win2K setup? Do I need some sort of startup/boot floppy disk that will allow me to access the shared drive? Is this possible?
I'm a neophyte to deploying clean installations of Win2K over a network, so an in-depth, step-by-step guide would help greatly.
Thanks.
I have an old notebook that just has a 3.5" floppy drive and a formatted hard drive. Fortunately, it also has a PCMCIA ethernet card that I is hooked up to a hub along with other computers (all are running Win 9x). So with the Windows 2000 CD in one of the other computers (that has a CD-ROM drive), how can I get it installed and running on the notebook through the network I have?
... I know that I need to "share" the CD-ROM drive on the computer where I plan to put the CD into, but how can I access this shared drive from the notebook to run the Win2K setup? Do I need some sort of startup/boot floppy disk that will allow me to access the shared drive? Is this possible?
I'm a neophyte to deploying clean installations of Win2K over a network, so an in-depth, step-by-step guide would help greatly.
Thanks.