1) i have new one pc with network card without cdrom drive and without windows or any os. 2) and i have an existing LAN with few pc with windows and cdrom. Is there a method to create a bootdisk for the new pc to connect to the LAN. so that i can install program from the other pc's cdrom in the LAN? pls advice.

Ken, What type of network are you running? Novell, NT, or Peer to Peer(normally used in home networks)? Probably the easiest, but most time consuming, way to do this is via MS-DOS's Interlink and Intersvr program. However, you will need MS-DOS version 5 or 6 and a null modem serial or parallel cable. What you would do is copy the entire windows CD to the hard drive of your new pc and then install from there. There are also other programs out there that should be able to help you as well, but you will still need the cables. Other than that, unless your on a Novell network, I haven't seen it done any other way. Regards, Fox

What type of network. The company I used to work for I had the same type of situtation. We had a Novell 3.12 network and I did the exact same thing you are trying to do. However I do not think it can be done with Windows NT because there are no "DOS" absed drivers for Windows Let us know

dear Norm Henri and fox all the pc in the lan is only running under windows 95. It should be tcp/ip rite? the physical structure of the lan was connected with rj45 cable and 3com hubs. each pc can see each other in the Network Neighborhood. and this new pc dun hv any os and dun hv cdrom yet. my problems i there a method to create a ms-dos or windows bootdisk. to boot this new pc and connect to the existing windows95 lan so that i can installed the windows95. pls advice again

You can if you have Windows NT Server 4

If you have internet access check out the Microsoft Knowledge base and search on the "net use" command. I guess basically the way it works is it allows you to attach to a "shared" resource on the network. So assuming that the CD-ROM drive you are going to use is a shared resource (FILE AND PRINTER SHARING), in theory you should be able to attach to it. One thing you will need to do is set up the new PC by fdisk it and formatting it with the /s switch. Also you may need to make your boot disk (floppy) bootable and copy the net use.exe file to it. You will also need to copy the approriate network drivers to you disk (THAT COULD BE A TRICK IN ITSELF) Let me know if it works

Also, What about getting an external CD-ROM drive that attached to the parralel port.