Re: Aargh! Can't find Start.GS.OS on file server.

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Jon Bettencourt writes ...
> 
> In article <1ek7ogp.16ob7l71xlhj3zN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
> dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
> 
> > Jon Bettencourt <jonrelay@napanet.net> wrote:
> >
> > > 
 ....
> > >Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > >      One guess is that ProDOS may expect the System/ folder in which
> > > > START.GS.OS is located to be in the root directory of the volume.
> > >
> > > Well how do I get it to _not_ expect it to be there?
> > > Does it accept aliases?

<David Empson wrote:>
> >
> > No.  The only way to not have the Apple IIgs SYSTEM folder in the root
> > directory of the server's hard drive might be if you set up a folder on
> > the hard drive as a shared folder, and use that as the volume mounted by
> > the IIgs (instead of the entire hard drive).
> 
> That's what I had in the first place, and it didn't work.
> 
 ....

     You could modify the GS.OS start program named "ProDOS" to start
START.GS.OS in your particular System/ folder; but, if the problem is the
location of System/, it seems unlikely that this would cure your problem with
having System/ in the wrong place when other parts of GS System want to get to
stuff in that folder.

    In your initial posting you say:

>>
I enabled Apple II boot support and set up a user
name 'IIgs' with password 'IIgs', and gave it full privilages.
<<

It seems odd that your network setup would facilitate booting any system (e.g.
ProDOS-8) from the user's folder on the network drive without having a way to
have the folder treated as a volume. Maybe there is some setting or option you
have overlooked.


     Your best option may be to forget about booting from a network drive.
Booting from a local hard disk or Zip drive would be faster and place System/
stuff where it could be more quickly accessed.



Rubywand