[comp.sys.mac.system] Sys 7 on AppleTalk

edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) (05/21/91)

How about this idea:  For floppy-only Macs on an AppleTalk network,
make a startup disk, but instead of the actual System and Finder, use
aliases of the System and Finder on the AppleShare server...


I know, it won't work...


Well, I haven't tried it, so I cannot be sure.
Maybe at least an alias for the Finder would work?

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philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) (05/21/91)

In article <1991May21.133406.15602@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu>, edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) writes:
|> How about this idea:  For floppy-only Macs on an AppleTalk network,
|> make a startup disk, but instead of the actual System and Finder, use
|> aliases of the System and Finder on the AppleShare server...
|> 
|> 
|> I know, it won't work...
|> 
|> 
|> Well, I haven't tried it, so I cannot be sure.
|> Maybe at least an alias for the Finder would work?
No, sorry - I don't have another Mac on my network, but
I tried an alias to the Finder on my hard disk and
this didn't work, so I doubt very much an alias to a
Finder on a server will work. Pity - it's a good
idea.
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Philip Machanick
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