installing ubuntu through network cable from a Windows xp machine.

[Kristian Frisk]

Hallo again,
I have now got so far that the server (windows xp acer machine) and the
client (acer machine) now speak with each other. Wohoo!
But now got another problem.
I am trying to install Ubuntu via the network from a windows operating
system and found this page
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/WindowsServerNetboot
which I have been following.

When I come to step ten ("Now every machine on your network that requests a
PXE boot rom should receive the breezy installer!"). It at first starts up
fine. I get an Ubuntu screen telling to press enter to install and giving
some other options. When pressing enter lots of text come at a fast speed
but then everything hangs.
I suppose it is because the client is not connected to a router but directly
to the windows xp machine, acting server, through a network cable. The
windows machine in turn is connected to the modem wirelessly.
I tried to change some settings in the tftpd32 program. Changing the
settings in the "DHCP server-tab", in the "WINS/DNS server" and "Default
router" input fields to the same ip-addresses as the local ip-address of the
server (windows xp machine). Doing that with the inspiration from this page
http://caromet.home.ro/pxe.htm

This didn't solve the problem though. The client computer is still not
receiving any information from the net. At least that is what I suppose is
happening.

The client is a amd64 so I'm using the files I got from the "Breezy netboot
kit amd64 (http://mirror.cameronbergh.com/breezynetboot64.7z)

If anyone have a clue and/or know how to configure the tftpd32 program to
make the client use the connection/gateway through the server then I would
be more than happy. :)

Kristian
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