Re: IIgs problems

[oaaland@aol.com (O Aaland)]

>From: Remco Post <"r.s.p.post"@student.utwente nl>
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>having just dug out the good old IIgsve a little bootstrap problem.
>
>Frist: I have my powermac connected to my IIgs via a serial cable.
>I hoped I could jst build a launch disk for the IIgs and have a
>real system folder on the PowerMac. Unfortenately when booting the (6.0)
>netwirk boot disk and trying to logon to the server it complains that
>the server is not properly setup, and that I must contact my system
>administrator (that's myself). I don't know how to solve this, any hints
>are appriciated.
>
>Second: I can't find (I don't know if I still have it) Shrinkit. Could
>somebody please point me to a (binhexed) copy of it.
>
>TIA,
>
>Remco


In order to use the Mac as a server with a useable system folder you will
have to have AppleShare version 3 running on the Mac. It sounds like you 
are wanting to use a local boot disk on the GS and then log on to the Mac
to use tha Mac hard drive. This will work with file sharing active on the
Mac. The disk you need to make for the GS is a Network: Local Startup and 
not a Network: Server Startup disk. When booting from this disk you will 
be able to log on to the Mac and will be left in the program launcher. There
is not enough room on a 800k disk for the finder along with the network
files. I believe that you will also need to add the HSF FST to your statup
boot disk also because it is not put there in the default install. Check in 
the drivers folder to be sure. 

On the Mac set up a folder for the GS to use and turn on file sharing. On
the  GS, from the launcher get into the finder on your system disk and
then copy the finder to the new folder on the Mac. Now you should be able
to reboot the GS and after logging on the Mac, from the launcher, run the
finder on the Mac hard drive. You will now return to the Mac hard drive
when you quit your GS applications. You can put both applications and
data files on the Mac and run them from there just like it was a drive
attached to the GS. The speed in about the same as running from a 3 1/2
floppy, maybe a little faster. You are limited in what you can put in your
system because of the 800k disk but having the finder on the Mac really 
helps.

If you can find a copy of AppleShare version 3 then you can boot directly
from the Mac without any disk on the GS and the system size can be what-
ever the memory in the GS can handle.

Oen Aaland