Booting off a remote DVD Drive

[Jonny]

Right,

My desktop doesn't have a working DVD drive at the moment, my laptop does.
Is there any way I can boot my desktop off a bootable DVD which is in my Laptop?
(Without taking the DVD drive out of the laptop).

A long shot, I know, but maybe someone can help...

Thanks!

[peterb]

No! You need an operating system running on the desktop to get connectivity with the laptop!

[Jonny]

Thought so...
What about booting off an ISO? I can use the CD and floppy drive, and store an ISO on the hard drive... I guess the answer would be no again. I really should buy a new DVD drive.

[Twigman]

Well if you were booting off a remote drive, that would use a network.
Look into network boots.
If your mobo supports it (check bios).

Your Google Fu is weak.

[peterb]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...Thumbnails=yes

[Splash]

If you have a floppy drive in your machine you could boot from that then use http://www.nu2.nu/bootdisk/network/ to access the DVDROM across your network.