how to install XP from a remote location

[Bhavtosh]

hello,
i have a workgroup with 2 machines and i want to install XP on machine A
from CD present in machine B?

is it possible to install XP like this?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

i have a workgroup with 2 machines and i want to install XP on
machine A from CD present in machine B?

is it possible to install XP like this?

Not without a lot more setup on that side - or someone to put the CD in and
start the install for you (and likely finish it.)

 

[Bhavtosh]

but how do i do it? can you please share few initial steps of accessing the
CD drive from machine B to A?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

but how do i do it? can you please share few initial steps of
accessing the CD drive from machine B to A?

For a clean installation - you don't.

For an upgrade - likely still a bad idea.

It would have to be shared.

And to do a clean install - that's not going to work without a way of
booting the other machine off the network and connecting to the CD drive (or
some network location with the source files) and starting the install with
scripts.

Pretty much what I am telling you is if you don't already have everything in
place to do remote installations - you are not going to do it now if you are
asking these types of questions - and definitely not faster than getting
someone to do the installation for you. ;-)

 

[Bhavtosh]

you are right; i think i should find a way to arrange a USB CD to install it
cleanly. appreciate all your suggestions