Re: Booting from a file server

[90taobri@wave.scar (Brian Tao)]

The following revelation escaped hollandd@uunet.uu.net's lips:
> 
> Can anyone tell me if it possible to get a GS to boot from a mac running
> system7 file shareing, not the full server package?
> 
> I have had a play with this, but I get the impression filesharing does not
> support users properly for the gs to find its boot blocks?

    I don't know if it's possible to boot the GS directly off a Mac with
only System 7's filesharing, but you can try this:

    Make a System 6.0 network boot disk using the Installer, but delete the
Finder on the floppy and make sure you have the SetStart CDev and the
System 6.0 Start file.  You can then use the CDev to tell the GS to run a
Finder on the Mac's hard drive on bootup.  Deleting the Finder saves you
close to 200K on your boot floppy.  Use the extra space to put in more
System folder goodies.  Desktop Utilities and Pointless would be the two
most useful additions since they allow you to auto-load desk accessories
and Truetype fonts from any accessible drive (i.e., on the Mac HD).  A
Finder Extension like IR will let you install other boot files after you're
in the Finder.

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