whelan@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Jerry Whelan) (12/31/89)
We're looking to install sixty or so PCs with a couple of Novell servers on
an ethernet system that also has a number of Unix (Ultrix) & VMS machines
running TCP/IP (and DECnet). Novell has recently announced a 386 version
of netware with planned support for TCP/IP (come summer they say). However
some of the local reps for a distribution house say that you can't boot
off a Novell server and then switch over to using TCP/IP. Now obviously
we would like to do just that.
Does anyone know of a boot ROM that will enable a machine to boot using
TCP/IP? We wouldn't mind placing the files on an NFS drive or something
on the unix machines (Yes, I've looked at PC-NFS & TOPS, they don't
mention it). The whole idea is to make it a floppyless environment.
Every Unix workstation I've seen can do this so it doesn't seem
too complicated. Even stories of vaporware would be good to hear (yeah,
right) as we've got until summer (end of the school year) before this
installation has to be done.
Please Email and I'll compile if I get any sort of response.
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