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Old Laptop as printserver



Hello World,

I have an old DX-4 (80486 - 100MHz) laptop. I want to use it as printserver. The problem is: It has no CD-drive.

So my idea was to use my NE2000 compatible network card on the laptop and export (NFS) my CD drive on my desktop computer. Therefore it should be possible to install via NFS.

My questions:
Do the standard boot disks from potato (2.2rc0) have the pcmcia modules (NE 2000) and NFS modules or do I have to make a boot floppy myself?

Is there anywhere on the net an installation guide to set up a printserver (used from Linux and from Windows side)?

Thank you for your answers.

Best regards
	Andreas
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Andreas Tscharner                                     starfire@dplanet.ch
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"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build 
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bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." -- Rich Cook 

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