Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!ccwf.cc.utexas.edu From: daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: ? Apple LANs Message-ID: <45061@ut-emx.uucp> Date: 5 Mar 91 00:00:31 GMT References: <9103041603.AA01989@apple.com> <4087.27d252c9@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp Reply-To: daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang) Organization: The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 30 In article <4087.27d252c9@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins) writes: >From what I here, the new Macs have the capability of booting off of a >network, and also can boot without a disk. I don't remember how it does it >though. Well, you can't _really_ boot off the network. The newer Macs have a built in ROMDisk that you can boot from and you can access a file server through that, but it isn't booting from the server. No extra inits are loaded, not many fonts, and not much else. It's basically the smallest bootable system disk, and you can't do much with it (I think the LC one has MacBugs though). Also, I doubt if Apple intended for the Romdisk to be used as a way to access the fileserver from a diskless Mac on a regular basis, since on the LC, you have to hold down Control-Command-X-O (a two-handed thing) while using your third hand to turn the thing on (the switch is on the back). Or you could use your foot to flip on a power strip or something, but it's not an easy-to-do thing... >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Ryan 'Gozar' Collins Question for IBM Users: rlcollins@miavx1.BITNET > |||| Power Without How DO you move/copy a rc1dsanu@miamiu.BITNET > / || \ The Price!! Subdirectory? R.COLLINS1 on GEnie >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- David Huang | Internet: daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu | "Slight accidents with funny rays UUCP: ...!ut-emx!ccwf.cc.utexas.edu!daveh | can have serious consequences" America Online: DrWho29 |