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From: evan@ndcheg.UUCP (Evan Bauman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: booting diskless macs on net
Message-ID: <308@ndcheg.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 15-Oct-87 16:40:17 EDT
Article-I.D.: ndcheg.308
Posted: Thu Oct 15 16:40:17 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 17-Oct-87 10:06:22 EDT
References: <954@uhccux.UUCP>
Organization: Univ. of Notre Dame
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Summary: a good idea.

In article <954@uhccux.UUCP>, david@uhccux.UUCP (David Lassner) writes:
> Does anyone know of networking products for the Mac
> which allow diskless booting and operation of client
> systems from a server?
> 
> We're looking at setting up a partially unattended
> lab in which certain software would be available 
> without requiring the use of floppies.  If you've 
> used any such products, comments will be appreciated.

I've often wondered why Apple did not include this as part of
it's Appletalk ROM code.  We have a few diskless Suns here,
and they boot from a local device if available.  If a local
disk or tape is not present, they will search for a boot
partition on the ethernet.

So the question is whether Apple is going to include this
feature in some future version of the Macintosh ROM.

	Evan Bauman
	Univ. of Notre Dame
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