EWTILENI@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Eric Tilenius) (02/13/88)
I'm wondering about information on a critter that doesn't yet exist.
It may never exist, but it's what some people here are looking into
for a campus-wide Mac solution.
It's a file server that's fast.
It must be able to BOOT Macs (through SCSI port?) so students can
just flip on the Mac and have access to the software.
System files (apple system v. 5.0), and applications should be
available to anyone on the system (there would be over 100 Macs
involved, perhaps not on the same server) at the same time.
Remote maintenance would be ideal.
It should provide some space to store files for users if they forget
to bring a floppy disk to store the file on.
Programs/system should be protected on the main disk from tampering...
Perhaps they could be loaded into a user file upon booting for each
Mac, then refreshed when the Mac is turned off.
* Can such a system exist? Does anyone have it in the works?
(Don't say "AppleShare", please - that doesn't boot computers, and
it's not in the same league. Perhaps something running off a Sun
workstation?)
Any information, ideas, help would be appreciated. EMAIL preferred.
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So far as being bootable, Apple hasn't yet seen the light. Not in their immediate plans. Until they (Apple) make their system file shareable, it wonvery every easy. That could be circumvented by havingworch workstation's system As for the other features--they're right around the corner! Bruce Nelson,Macintosh Product Manager Novell NELSONB@BYUVAX (801) 379-5692