isn't that what today is called "network install" ? if it is i can do that, i just found the network cards for each of the pc's<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/22/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"> Robert B. Lance Sr</b> <<a href="mailto:vidd@hotmail.com">vidd@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">moving the HD from computer to computer is really not feasable (can you use a lap top HD in a desktop?) as the installed hardware componants will be different, and require significant reconfiguring when the drives are replaced into thier respective machines.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">On possibility that no-one has mentioned (because it is so old-school, I didnt think about it before) is to use lap-link cables to connect the machines (one at a time) to a computer that DOES have a cd drive.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I do not know personally how to set this up in linux</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Can someone point the way?</font></div><span class="sg"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Robert B. Lance Sr.</font></div> </span><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="q"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> <b>From:</b> <a title="exalowprofile@gmail.com" href="mailto:exalowprofile@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">João Santiago</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a title="xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> Xubuntu Help and User Discussions</a> </div></span><span class="q"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 22, 2007 4:50 PM</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [xubuntu-users] Xu vs. 486DX2</div> <div><br></div></span><div><span class="e" id="q_110eb783eccfb299_5">thanks everyone for the help so far. I think ReactOS is not really what i want but thanks for the suggestion, i didn't know the OS :)<br><br>i did some searching in Distro Watch and found this nice one called Deli Linux, it says that it was tested on a 486 laptop with 16mb and runs smooth nice ^^ but it doesn't says anything about server capinilities so i guess it needs third party stuff... <br><br>slackware still seems to be the best contestant. i was thinking about using the laptop and the desktop as a multi-cpu system, this can be done with slack right? oh and can slack be installed through a network (or by the "moving HD to another computer" method?) because as i stated before both pc's don't have a CD drive. <br> </span></div><p> </p><hr> <p></p>-- <span class="q"><br>xubuntu-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a><br></span><p></p></blockquote> </div> <br>--<br>xubuntu-users mailing list<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a><br><br></blockquote></div><br>