Trying Windows 95 Server Based Setup

Windows 95 had a Server Based Setup feature, allowing IT administrators to remotely host a shared copy of Windows 95 on a file server and allow multiple clients to boot from it via floppy or network card roms. In this video I'll go over how to setup Windows 95 in a VM, how to get Windows 95 networked and talking to a Windows 2000 file share and other Windows 95 VMs, and finally attempt to network boot via floppy.

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The Smoking Cap's Guides:
Network Install 9X:    • Windows NT4.0 Server Series | Network...  
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00:00 Intro
00:51 Windows 95 Resource Kit Book
03:14 Server Based Setup Overview
05:03 Plan for Trying Server Based Setup
05:40 Installing Windows 95 on 86Box
15:48 Fixing Graphics and Network Driver Issues
19:32 Looking at NETSETUP
20:57 Networking Two Windows 95 VMs
26:22 Setting up a File Share on Windows 2000
27:17 Configuring Server Based Setup
30:28 Figuring out how to Boot Setup over the Network
35:55 Running Setup over the Network
39:48 Troubleshooting Network Floppy Boot Issues
43:22 Giving up on Floppy Boot
43:47 Delete the Start Button and Install IE4
46:33 Closing Thoughts