Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!njin!hubey From: hubey@pilot.njin.net (Hubey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: booting from server Keywords: boot, server,Ameristar, Sun Message-ID: Date: 15 Apr 89 22:32:12 GMT Organization: NJ InterCampus Network, New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 26 I have an almost hypothetical question for those who might have a set up similar to this: Suppose I set up a LAN of AMiga 2000's with a floppy drive each and a couple of Sun stations as File servers. The AMigas would have the Ameristar Ethernet boards and associated software. Let's assume that this is for a school and I don't want to require the students to have to buy their own versions of AmigaDOS. 1) Can the Amigas be set up to boot-up from the file servers using any combination of PD-shareware etc. We could sell formatted bootable floppies in our bookstore!! 2) Is it possible to hide whole directories under AmigaDOS. 3) Is it possible to write-protect directories so that they are student-proof..(at least for the novice and intermediates!! :-).. Would this protection be provided under UNIX-Sun or AMiga-DOS ? Thank you all.. -- H.M. Hubey VOICE: 201-893-5269 hubey@OSultrix.montclair.edu hubey@pilot.njin.net hubey@apollo.montclair.edu