Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!snll-arpagw!paolucci From: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: booting from server Keywords: boot, server,Ameristar, Sun Message-ID: <95@snll-arpagw.UUCP> Date: 16 Apr 89 01:29:41 GMT References: Reply-To: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci) Organization: Sandia National Labs, Livermore, CA Lines: 48 In article hubey@pilot.njin.net (Hubey) writes: -> ->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!! In order for the Amiga to be able to boot-up from the file server, the Ameristar board would need an EPROM similar to what is found on a hard disk controller. I understand that Ameristar is going to be coming out with such boards for the Amiga 500 and 2000. But I don't understand what formatted bootable floppies are you talking about. You don't need bootable floppies if you boot-up from a file server. -> 2) Is it possible to hide whole directories under AmigaDOS. No, it is not possible right now. -> 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 ? You can write protect directories from the Sun side. Then those directories would not be accessible from the Amiga, unless the students can login on the Sun and change the protection on you :^). ->Thank you all.. You're welcome. -> H.M. Hubey VOICE: 201-893-5269 -> hubey@OSultrix.montclair.edu hubey@pilot.njin.net -> hubey@apollo.montclair.edu -- -+= SAM =+- "the best things in life are free" ARPA: paolucci@snll-arpagw.llnl.gov