Network Booting Without HDD and GFX

[F1shF4t]

Ok so i have a system which i'm gonna be using for file sharing/game/media server etc
which is:

Sempron 2800+
MSI k8mm(or something 😛)
512mg ram
fx5700
60 gig HDD


Now i have some other parts which are
1700+ Athlon XP
MSI k7n2 mobo
256mg ram
NO HDD
NO GFX

I want to use all avalable resources i possibly can.

So what i was wondering is it possible to set up the athlon xp parts to network boot from the sempron system and be controlled via remote desktop from the sempron system.

Now the athlon xp system doesnt have a HDD or a graphics card, so one question is can i use it without one, ofcourse while seting up i will have one then i will remove it.

Also can this be done using windows XP?


I wanna put this all in one case, and what i was thinking of doing was using this sytem as a weird dual core thing, where i can set the athlon xp to run a freelancer server app, which does not need HDD and will fit into ram, all it need is network connection, while the sempron system does media and file sharing.

Now i was thinking of using a separate cross over cable between computers to remove most of the network conjection, while they will also be connected to the main network, via different cable/


So really what i want to know is can this be done and how do i go around doing it.
(i'm googling also at the same time but havent found much so far)

 

[nweaver]

no

 

[F1shF4t]

Originally posted by: nweaver
no

Great answer, that sure helps me a lot...🙁
Maybe u could explain why this cant be done?

 

[spidey07]

no

 

[phisrow]

Your desire is mostly possible; but not going to fly with XP. What you want, in essence, is to set up the secondary box as a diskless, headless, server network booting off the first. See http://www.kegel.com/linux/pxe.html or http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Network-boot-HOWTO/ . Please note, Windows doesn't do this. Your secondary machine, at least, will have to be *nix/BSD of some flavour(probably not a bad thing, for a server box).