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From: bellamy@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: remot booting of macs
Message-ID: <1991Jun3.114701.2995@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au>
Date: 3 Jun 91 01:47:01 GMT
References: <1991May31.135436.937@nestroy.wu-wien.ac.at>
Organization: University of Queensland
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In article <1991May31.135436.937@nestroy.wu-wien.ac.at>, a4424dac@awiuni11.bitnet writes:
> Hello everybody,                
> 
> we want to BOOT our Macintosh Computers from a central server.  
> All Mac+s are connected to an Ethernet LAN.
> The proplem is that our Macintosh Computers are really DISKLESS - 
> this means that the have no hard disk and NO FLOPPY DISK inside.
> 
> I know that you can boot MS/DOS machines with an BOOT-ROM on your
> Ethernet Interface. Is this service available for Mac+s too?

AppleShare 3.0 due in Sept/October (1991 maybe) will provide remote booting. 

All we need now is a ROM upgrade for the thousands (millions) of Mac+s out 
there to support this feature.  Then we will be able to run 7.0 on a Plus!  

-- 
David E. Bellamy        Email: bellamy@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au
Dept. Commerce, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, AUSTRALIA