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From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: How does a diskless PC boot
Message-ID: <1991Mar28.035948.5848@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 91 03:59:48 GMT
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>If they would use a DOS on the server, what would they do if the
>server is runnig U*IX or some other OS? 

Well even if they did DOS files on the server are still 
executable by the client. Even Novell servers don't run 
DOS! I suppose ther MIGHT be a way for a special ROM BIOS
to do the initial pre-DOS boot, which executes the DOS 
files on the server.
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