How ot install windows on an X23?

[TJMacGyver]

I just got an x23 in mail today sweet

but I haven't got an USB cd-drive.

So how would i go about installing windows on it?
right now it boots into dos (nothing but the boodisk files)

I have it in a port replicator II

I'm thinking either network boot or boot from flash drive(if thats possible)

but I don't know how to setup a network boot (I'm Running windows XP)
can anyone help me? please
and thanks.

[TJMacGyver]

MAAAN I'm realy stuck here. the bios recognizes my kingston flash drive and my ipod as a harddrive, but i can't boot from it and i can't access it from the win98 dos boot theres on the laptop.

[epbrown]

I don't have any XP experience, but what I usually do is remove the drive and dump the install files onto it using a USB external drive enclosure and another computer. If the X23 is like the X30, getting the drive out should be a snap.

[tom lightbody]

it is a snap:-)

another way, is borrow a PCMCIA cdrom drive; my x20 boots fine from such a drive

ERROR: sorry, this doesn't work. t.

[wilsonhs]

it is a snap:-)

another way, is borrow a PCMCIA cdrom drive; my x20 boots fine from such a drive

really?how u set the steps?
I owns also a X20 and a RICOH pcmcia CD-drive
it never boots
Any settings needed?thanks

[TJMacGyver]

I now have windows xp running on it

I booted from network, it took a little time to figure out how, but it's quite simple.

I just used tftp32 as the server. Created a bootdisk image with network drivers. Then I used "network boot tools's network boot image editor" to create a PXE boot menu image (don't know if that was necessary though) (I also changed the type from netware to TCP/IP boot)

booted from network, mapped a share with windows install files, and copied them over to the harddrive with xcopy.

then i ran the install from the harddrive.

all done

But when windows has loaded, there's almost constantly activity on the harddrive, even when it has been idle for many minutes.

anybody know why it's doing that? It has 300 and something MB of memory. Not much, but have run XP succesfully with less.