PJORGENS@COLGATEU.BITNET (01/06/89)
Heather Ebey wonders if it is possible to boot a Mac+ from an AppleTalk server. My experience is, Yes, in a limited fashion. The steps I have found which work with MacServe and TOPS are: 1) Boot the Mac with a startup disk containing the minimum network software. 2) Mount a server volume which contains a System and Finder. 3) Command-Option double-click on the Finder icon in the server volume. The server volume will become the "Startup Disk" and you will have access to all of the fonts, etc. in that system file. I realize that this is NOT really "booting" from a server, but it does allow diskette based Macs to have large system files with lots of Fonts/DA and a variety of print drivers. I don't believe users can share the remote startup volume, as things like the clipboard and scrapbook are stored there. The whole procedure could probably be made quite transparent to the user with a simple application that mounts the remote volume and then "launches" the remote Finder. Peter Jorgensen Microcomputer Specialist Colgate University BITNET PJORGENSEN@COLGATEU PHONE (315) 824-1000 ext 742 APPLELINK U0523
jeff@drexel.UUCP (Jeff White) (01/08/89)
In article <Added.4XlFJ6y00Ui34Be09D@andrew.cmu.edu>, PJORGENS@COLGATEU.BITNET writes: > Heather Ebey wonders if it is possible to boot a Mac+ from an AppleTalk server. > > My experience is, Yes, in a limited fashion. > > The steps I have found which work with MacServe and TOPS are: > > 1) Boot the Mac with a startup disk containing the minimum network software. > 2) Mount a server volume which contains a System and Finder. > 3) Command-Option double-click on the Finder icon in the server volume. > ... > The whole procedure could probably be made quite transparent to the user > with a simple application that mounts the remote volume and then "launches" > the remote Finder. I would think that the Macro Maker in System 6.0 or some other similar utility should be able to do this. One potential problem is that with the sequence you would probably want to do is: 1. Mount remote volume, 2. Open the System Folder on that volume, 3. Double click on Finder (with option and/or command keys), 4. Close system folder, you would be forced to perform all of this blindly. What you would really like to do is: 1. Mount remote volume, 2. If successful, opem System Folder, 3. If successful, ... I'm not sure what might happen with something like Macro Maker if the desired files weren't found. Jeff White Drexel University - ECE Dept. rutgers!bpa!drexel!jeff