On 15 September 2010 19:44, Jacob Mansfield <cyberja...@gmail.com> wrote: > surely I could just put the live CD onto my working ubuntu desktop and do a > PXE boot to it >
You would need to set up the infrastructure that will supply the PXE boot information to the netbook. I've not done this, but I think you need: - a DHCP server - a TFTP server - an NFS or HTTP server - a boot kernel and initrd that will let the netbook connect to the NFS or HTTP server You would then need configuration to supply the PXE information to the netbook when it makes the DHCP request, and share the CD, and point the boot kernel/initrd to the shared CD, and... So yes, you can do it, but I think that editing the boot.ini under Windows (as Jim P suggested) is easier - even if it's slightly more worrying as you're doing it, since you might break your working OS. The syntax of boot.ini is straightforward though, simpler than GRUB's config file. Cofion/Regards, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
