[PLUG] Loading a NetPC

[Aaron Burt]

On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 08:35:31PM -0800, Travis Spencer wrote:
> I was hoping I could use a 1.44 MB floppy drive and a power supply
> that I had in my stash of spare parts; however, after connecting them
> up and plugging in the power source, the drive doesn't start -- needs
> a switch or something to turn the power on I think.

ATX power supplies are like that.  As it is, it's a pretty hinky to use
two power supplies like that.  Grounding and all that.

> I suppose I could set up DHCP and TFTP servers on my desktop, but I
> wanted to ask if anyone has any other suggestions before I start down
> that road.

Setting up DHCP and TFTP for netboot ain't that bad, and it's *very*
useful if you're a sysadmin.  Go for it.