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From: billing@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Wayne Billing)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Networking Macintosh PCs with Novell
Keywords: Novell, Mac
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.195351.918@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 12 Jun 91 19:53:51 GMT
References: <936@axiom.maths.uq.oz> <1991Jun11.101659.663@vax.oxford.ac.uk>
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In <1991Jun11.101659.663@vax.oxford.ac.uk> ctcmiker@vax.oxford.ac.uk (Mike Roch) writes:

>In article <936@axiom.maths.uq.oz>, jay@axiom.maths.uq.oz.au (Joseph
>Young) writes:

>> 1. Can the Mac workstations be setup to remote boot?

>Something to try:

>Mac Classics can be used "diskless" by holding down cmd-opt-O-X, setting
>the startup disk to be the ROM disk (yes ROM) that appears and
>rebooting.  I don't know whether LCs do the same.  If the machine is set
>up with the various Appletalk options selected, (Macs on Novell think
>they're on an Appletalk network), I guess (but can't try this with the
>h/w we have) that you should get a "login" on booting up. 

>Mike

To get Macintosh micros to remote boot would require a change in the built-in 
ROMs (to the best of my knowledge) which Apple is not going to do for 
existing machines (IMHO). What Apple seems to be going for (judging by the
Classic's ROM disk thingie) is a station that can be booted without a
floppy diskette that can still connect to a server. At that point the user
logs onto the server and specifies which set of files on the server is to
serve as the System Folder for that session (probably with defaults 
available). This is how A/UX currently works and also would fit with the
rumours that I have heard about the way AppleShare 3 will work.

I assume this would require some mods to the way Macintosh uses Novell now
but it could probably be handled by a change in the VAP or something else
as simple.

Using the Classic's ROM disk, however, precludes a "login" dialogue on boot
up since the information about automatic logins is kept in a file in the
System Folder.

Wayne
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