Re: Appletalk/GS help sought

[shack@crash.cts.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <2ps5j8$ooq@eis.calstate.edu>,
Greg R. Achenbach <gachenb@eis.calstate.edu> wrote:
>OK, I'm a total network neophyte.  I am involved in helping some 
>co-workers get a GS set up on an Appletalk network and have several 
>questions.
>
>1.	The GS is a ROM1 with only a one meg apple memory card, and no HD or 
>FDHD.  Is there any way to boot up with System 6.0.1 off of a 3.5 floppy 
>with Appletalk?  It seems that there is no room on an 800k disk to 
>install the necessary Appletalk files along with the system software.  Am 
>I missing something here?

Yep it could be tight getting all the Appletalk files on there. Depends on
what you need. The network printer software and Appleshare stuff for using
file servers can be installed separately.

>2.	Once I figure out how to boot up with network access (if 
>possible), is it possible to then reboot off of a ProDos HD on the 
>network that has a more full version of System 6.0.1?  Or, am I limited 
>to just booting off of a floppy?

You need a Mac running Appleshare file server software to boot a II off a
network. You can boot 6.0.1 off Appleshare once you get the current Apple
II setup disk.

>3. The above two are my main questions right now.  I realize these
>questions are probably answered in a book somewhere, but where?  Where 
>would I get such a resource?  I hate to pester people on the 'net if I 
>can get the info at my fingertips some other way.

There's some manual from Apple about networks and one about the IIgs on a net-
work I think
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