Re: Boot GS from Network

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <4qnctl$9lt@crcnis3.unl.edu>,
Greg Berigan <gberigan@cse.unl.edu> wrote:
>nathan@parka.winternet.com (Nathan Mates) wrote:
>>Dave Bailey <dbailey@titan.iwu.edu> wrote:
>
>>> am trying to configure my Appletalk network to allow my IIGS 
>>>to boot from the network.  I believe that this should be possible 
>>>from what I have read.  The server is a Mac running system 
>>>7.5.3; the GS is running 6.0.1.
>
>>   You need Appleshare 2.0 or 3.0 to do this. In other words, you'll
>>have to pay Apple for the software to boot your GS off a network.
>
>And I doubt Apple will even sell obsolete software.  (They sell 4.0 now.
>Your best option to obtain 3.0 is to buy it from someone who is selling
>it.)

Last I knew, 3.0 was still "in print". Since 4.0 requires an '040, they keep
3.0 around for people wanting to use an older machine as a server. Of course,
since the mail order price for 3.0 is $900-plus, it does make sense to look
for a used copy.
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Randy Shackelford                                 I was internet
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