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Karen0302 — 03/10/2006 05:31 pm

Author: Karen0302

Posted: 03/10/2006 05:31 pm

Okay, I admit, I'm confused.

The only advantage I can see in being able to boot into BR is being able to restore a disk image, but that seems like an emergency situation to me and would probably be better done on site IMO.

But the makor thing that has me confused is if the computer is set to boot into BR (assuming that is even possible) then what does the computer do? I mean, it basically has no operating system so what use is it?

Karen

Re: Why?

TylTru — 03/10/2006 12:02 am

Author: TylTru

Posted: 03/10/2006 12:02 am

Well, there's a few reasons, mostly for emergency/backup puproses:

Since it would fit on a single floppy disk, a set of floppies, a USB thumb drive, CD/DVD, or any other bootable storage media, you can just pop it in and go.
There are many more reasons, though. If you are reading this, tell us a reason why a remote client should be bootable, especially Beyond Remote. I would pay for something like this.

dasupport — 03/09/2006 03:28 pm

Author: dasupport

Posted: 03/09/2006 03:28 pm

I don't understand. Why would someone want to boot in to Beyond Remote?

World's First Bootable Remote Client

TylTru — 03/06/2006 03:46 am

Author: TylTru

Posted: 03/06/2006 03:46 am

Now, this may seem farfetched, but possible -- a Bootable Remote Client.

How it should work:
Setup:
You download BRBOOT.EXE (Self Extractor/Imager) from DA Website.
You run it, with floppy/CD-R in drive.
It prompts what options (such as network drivers, config, drive) to use by default.
It builds, then writes the image accordingly.

Use:
Insert disk, prior to boot, making sure Harddisk boots after drive where BR is.
Start Computer, wait for boot.
A boot prompt shows, enter options, or hit Enter, or wait 15 sec. to use defaults. Example screenshot below:

Code:

Loading Beyond Remote.
||||||||||||||||||||
100% Complete.
OK to eject floppy.
--------------Pause 2 sec. then clear screen-------------
Welcome to Beyond Remote - Bootable version 1.0.
The world's first bootable remote networking client

Type options below, or hit 'Enter' to accept defaults.
Hit F1 for boot options.
Type 'wizard' to go to the configuration wizard.

Boot> (Waited 15 seconds)
Presuming defaults.
Loading OS Core...
Setting Graphics, 1024x768, 32bpp

It switches to a GUI, or loads Remote client and immediately tries to connect.
You have all or most options as the full Windows client, available under the GUI.

Ending:
You disconnect, or the server disconnects you, or you get "bumped" off.
If you disconnect, it goes back to server list.
If remote server disconnects, it gives reason, then returns to server list.
If bumped, it prompts to reconnect, else reconnects automatically depending on settings.
If you are no longer using it, you go to the main menu, select "Exit...", select "Quit & Shutdown", and it proceeds to de-initialize everything, prompts to eject the disk and turn it off.

Features:
Doesn't touch Hard disk, unless directed to do so, with a prompt.
Doesn't require hard disk
Completely RAM-based working environment -- Faster than disk-based programs
Expandible -- it loads entire disk image into RAM, then you can eject the floppy, then load a floppy with BRBootClient compatible drivers/plugins for NICs, Video, Sound, Disk, Filesystems (FAT, ext2/3, NTFS), etc.
Small -- Installer package 2-6 MB, Floppy Disk 512K-1.1M, CD-ROM/USB/Other about 10-16 MB
Almost as full-featured as BR Full Client

What to use:
OS Base should either be MenuetOS, which comes with a GUI built into the core, Linux, or another open-source OS, unless you got good enough programmers at DataApples to write your own OS.