Archive for May, 2005
re: Netboot / PXE
Craig Ringer > What about a network / PXE install? Most > laptopssupport PXE, and it’s often easier to > set upthan finding (a) a working floppy > drive and (b) at least one working floppy > disk. If you’re talking about PXE-booting through Microsoft RIS, it is true that many laptops do support network boots, but RIS adds certain hardware requirements
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re: Netboot / PXE
This post made me appreciate my (comparatively) ancient Macintosh G3 Powerbook, from before Firewire replaced SCSI. I had to hack it with some crazy firmware patch to make 10.3 go on nicely, but it’s honestly my favorite computer because it just sorta works, and was super-cheap for a computer this useful.
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Lots of love for old laptops
Twice a year reformats?? I’m still running the installation of Windows XP I put on here two years ago when I built the machine. Since then it’s had a few betas and release candidates of XP SP2, and a number of VS2005 “Whidbey” Betas and CTPs, as well as ‘Avalon’ and ‘Indigo’ CTPs and SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 and post-Beta 2 CTPs.