Wanda,

  What the product I mentioned claims to be is some sort of client/server
software.  Specifically, the diskette boots the machine to an OS that has
enough brains (not guts, much like me) to read FAT and NTFS and then attach
to a second machine via a com port.  This second machine runs the server
side that represents the client machines drives as local drives.
Theoretically, I could run the ADSM backup client on the server side and
restore the failed machines boot and system partitions as well as ADSM
software.  I should be able to boot the client machine to NT and proceed
with restoring everything else.

Don't take this as a recommendation or validation that the product even
works.  I'm just speculating.  (this is far easier and cheaper than doing
real work)

Dan T.

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> From: Prather, Wanda <PrathW1 AT CENTRAL.SSD.JHUAPL DOT EDU>
> From: Prather, Wanda <PrathW1 AT CENTRAL.SSD.JHUAPL DOT EDU>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Using ADSM to restore Win/NT 4.0 operating system
> Date: Thursday, May 22, 1997 8:48 AM
>
> It's an interesting idea.  But if you boot NT 4.0 from a diskette, will
> you have enough of the NT guts available to have NTFS and TCP/IP
> support?  You have to have TCP/IP configured before you can talk to the
> ADSM server, no?
>
> >----------
> >From:  Paul Zarnowski[SMTP:vkm AT CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL DOT EDU]
> >Sent:  Thursday, May 22, 1997 12:24 AM
> >To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> >Subject:       Re: Using ADSM to restore Win/NT 4.0 operating system
> >
> >At 08:07 AM 5/20/97 -0500, dan thompson wrote:
> >>I saw a very interesting product on the site WWW.NTINTERNALS.COM last
week.
> >> This product allows you to boot a NT machine from a diskette and then
> >>connect that machine via a serial cable to another machine.
> >
> >Interesting. I have been wondering if it would be possible to boot an NT
> >machine
> >from diskette and then run ADSM from a CITRIX server.  I have asked a
> >couple of
> >people more knowledgeable than I about NT & CITRIX and much to my
surprise
> >they
> >did not think this was a rediculous idea.  Has anyone else thought about
> >this, or
> >pursued something along these lines?  Or, does anyone have any thoughts
about
> >whether this would work or not?
> >
> >..Paul
> >
> >Paul Zarnowski                      Ph: 607-255-4757
> >Cornell University                  Fx: 607-255-6523
> >Ithaca, NY 14853-2601               Em: psz1 AT cornell DOT edu
> >