Re: Boot IIgs from AS server

[apple2pd@garp3.icaen.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)]

In article <3bf35917@news.svn.net>, Paul Grammens <grammens@svn.net> wrote:
>
>alais.undercover <who@where.what> wrote
>> successfully booted 6.0.1 from the Mac by simply setting the bootfrom on
>ctl
>> panel to slot 7,and slot 7 to Appletalk,
>
>OK, the fact that you set slot seven to AppleTalk indicates you have a ROM
>3. My ROM 3 also boots fine off the network, the problem is in getting a ROM
>1 to do so.  Since ROM 1's are far more common than ROM 3's, it would be
>nice to get it to work with the ROM 1's.

I don't follow.  A Rom1 needs slot7=appletalk, and boot from slot7.  A
Rom3 could have AT in slot1 or slot2 and boot from slot1 or slot2.  I
suspect slot7 could also work for a Rom3 though.

I reiterate: a IIeGS Rom1 can boot from Appleshare3.x server! 

  --Steve

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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)