I want to network an old PC with my PC, but I don't have a hard drive for the old PC, am I right in thinking I should be able to use the old PC as a terminal and boot it from a floppy - if this is correct where can I find out what files I need on the floppy? Thanks DaveB

If you're using Novell Netware as your networking, the answer is "probably yes". You'll need to make an MS-DOS boot disk and load the software from an old Novell diskette install disk .. these used to come with older LAN cards. These used the older protocols used by Netware 3.x and 4.x. They generally won't work with the newer releases of Netware. There's no such critter as a "terminal", but your machine will simply log on to the Server and let you run your NON-WINDOWS (MS-DOS) apps on it. Don

http://tdonline.com/bootdisk.htm

thanks Don, I don't have any Novell software I wanted to use the networking in windows 98. Can I make a boot floppy to boot the PC and log onto my "server". thanks DaveB

www.ncf.ca/ncf/pda/computer/dos/net/ take a look at QNX demo an OS and browser on 1 floppy

i've seen on some BIOS where one of the options for a boot drive was "Network". try selecting that and sharing the entire C:\ (or whatever drive Windows is installed on) on your other computer. there's a possibility that the HDD-less PC's BIOS could find & read the boot record from the other one, and load the OS. or, you could always start it with the 98 boot disk in there and use command prompt to find the network drive. i've never actually tried this on purpose, but once when i forgot to reconnect my primary IDE ribbon, the bios did this: boot record on floppy: not found boot record on CD: not found boot record on CD: not found boot record on 3Com 100B-TX: not found (network) since there was no network cable in there at the time, i never got to see if it worked... but now that i have a wireless network, i'll test it and get back to you. but right now, it's a shot in the dark