Re: Appletalk and Linux

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Mike Ford <mikeford@netwiz.net> wrote:

> In article <36AFDCBF.D4781016@cyberhighway.net>, Frank Carney
> <frankcNOSPAM@cyberhighway.net> wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone setup Linux to act as an Appletalk server?  I am using RedHat
> > 5.1 and the kernel already has Appletalk loaded, but I think it is setup
> > for the ethernet card.  I would like to use Appletalk through the serial
> > port to allow my IIgs to boot from it.  Thanks in advance.
> 
> An ethernet/localtalk bridge should work for the media translation, but I
> don't know what the IIgs expects to find on the server, just files?.

Nope.  Booting from an AppleShare server requires that the server
implement the special Apple II boot service, which Apple have never
documented.  All the available documentation reveals is that it involves
a multi-stage bootstrap download process which ultimately results in the
operating system files being loaded.

This means that unless someone reverse engineers it, the only option for
booting an Apple II over an AppleTalk network is to run an appropriate
version of the real AppleShare software on a Mac (AppleShare 2.x or
3.x).

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