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From: ckinsman@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Chris Kinsman)
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Subject: Re: Creating System 7.0 aliases on Netware 3.1?
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Date: 28 May 91 21:43:11 GMT
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In article <1991May28.152050.15871@news.iastate.edu> GR.JLB@isumvs.iastate.edu (Jeff Balvanz) writes:
>We are running Netware 3.1 on a Zenith 386/33E here and using it to
>drive (among other things) a Mac lab.  The Macs are connected
>to a PC Router via LocalTalk, from thence to the server via
>EtherNet.  I'm trying to put the Mac System 7.0 diskettes on the
>server as folders, and try as I might I cannot put a System 7.0
>alias file on the Netware volume.  (Unfortunately, the Tidbits disk
>contains an alias to the Control Panels folder that HAS to be in
>that folder.) The error I get is "The file "Control Panels" couldn't
>be written and was skipped (access privileges error)." I'm part of
>the supervisor group, so I can't imagine what kind of privileges it
>requires!  This occurs whether I copy the file using System 6.0.7 or
>System 7.0.  Attempting to create an alias on the Netware volume
>from a System 7.0 machine results in the same message.
>
>doesn't, I'll have to mount the System 7.0 disks as DiskCopy images,
>and trying to explain to Joe User how to use DiskCopy will be
>considerably more difficult than saying "Take these folders and copy
>them to diskettes with the same names."  Thanks in advance. . .

I think you would be better off putting 7.0 up as Disk images.  This is
mainly due to the fact that nowadays you need to use the installer to
install any system software and you need to boot System 7.0 before
installing.  IOW you are not going to get a booting system 7.0 diskette to
install off of by dragging down the folders.  This is why Apple released
Diskcopy and recommends it's use for distributing system software on a
network.  We use it here and it works well. 		

Chris


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