Re: Boot IIgs from AS server

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

Steve Quarrella wrote
>
> In the course of my searching Apple's web site, I came up with this doozy,
> though:
>
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=15818
>
> TITLE
> Apple IIGS: Booting From an AppleShare Server (7/94) Article ID:

<snip>

> This problem only happens with Apple IIGS computers that have ROM 01.
There are  two solutions:
>
> 1) Upgrade to ROM 03. It doesn't have a problem booting from an AppleShare
> server.
>

Thanks for posting that. I wonder why I didn't find it when I was searching
Apple's site...   well, I only have 28.8K dialup, and their site is so
graphic it's very slow to load. Maybe I wasn't persistent enough.


>
> I haven't really scrutinized things yet, so I've missed this "Auto Logon
> feature" that lets me automatically log into the server and run a program
at
> startup.
>

You set the startup app using the AppleShare Admin program. It's in the
Apple II setup, over at the top left.  First click on your login name to
select it, then select your startup app, which can be the Finder on the
server's disk, in the "System" folder, the one with the IIgs files.  Your
boot floppy or hard disk can be set to log in automagically. That's a lot
more convenient.


> While I'm on it, one of the pertinent articles on Apple's web site refers
to a
> manual, "AppleTalk Network User's Guide for the Apple IIGS."  Does anybody
have
> this, and if so, does it provide any information beyond what we already
know
> here?

I have it, it's pretty pathetic.  It's very general, light on specifics. I
studied it carefully, it wasn't much help.

>
> Also, I have many of my old Apple II disks behind me.  If I can find
System
> 5.0.4, I'll give a holler.
>

Great. The main thing I'm missing is the AppleTalk bits. I have a boot disk
that is fairly complete except for the network parts. Apparently you had to
buy them separately.
-Paul