Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!njin!princeton!siemens!drexel!jeff From: jeff@drexel.UUCP (Jeff White) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: "Booting" from a server Summary: Might be done this way Message-ID: <859@drexel.UUCP> Date: 8 Jan 89 03:53:53 GMT References: Organization: Drexel University, Phila., Pa. Lines: 29 In article , PJORGENS@COLGATEU.BITNET writes: > Heather Ebey wonders if it is possible to boot a Mac+ from an AppleTalk server. > > My experience is, Yes, in a limited fashion. > > The steps I have found which work with MacServe and TOPS are: > > 1) Boot the Mac with a startup disk containing the minimum network software. > 2) Mount a server volume which contains a System and Finder. > 3) Command-Option double-click on the Finder icon in the server volume. > ... > The whole procedure could probably be made quite transparent to the user > with a simple application that mounts the remote volume and then "launches" > the remote Finder. I would think that the Macro Maker in System 6.0 or some other similar utility should be able to do this. One potential problem is that with the sequence you would probably want to do is: 1. Mount remote volume, 2. Open the System Folder on that volume, 3. Double click on Finder (with option and/or command keys), 4. Close system folder, you would be forced to perform all of this blindly. What you would really like to do is: 1. Mount remote volume, 2. If successful, opem System Folder, 3. If successful, ... I'm not sure what might happen with something like Macro Maker if the desired files weren't found. Jeff White Drexel University - ECE Dept. rutgers!bpa!drexel!jeff