Re: Booting from System 7 file server?

[csokolo@eis.calstate.edu (Christopher Sokolov)]

oususawm@Msu.oscs.montana.edu (Mark Wistey) writes:
> I'm using a Mac Classic with System 7.0.1 as a hard drive for my 
> Apple IIgs...  It's wonderful, but I can't startup from the Mac.
> My question: Is it possible to directly boot a IIgs from a System 7 
> Mac (boot from slot 7)?  If not, is there some other way I can use
> the Mac as my System disk?  I ran the File Server Setup from the IIgs
> Installer and tried starting the IIgs with a "Local network startup 
> disk" created by the Installer.

I haven't really explored this at length, but the one time I did, it
didn't work.

> When I tried to log into the server 
> as a regular user or guest, the IIgs responded: "Contact the network 
> administrator.  An unknown system error occurred."  When I tried to 
> log in as the Mac owner, the IIgs reported: "Your startup 
> configuration has not been set up properly.  Contact the network 
> administrator."  

This probably means that you haven't set up the Mac side of things
properly (see below)
  
> My systems: a ROM 01 "Woz" IIgs with 1 Meg RAM, no hard drive, System
> 6.0, one 3.5" and one 5.25" floppy, connected via serial cable to a 
> Mac Classic, System 7.0.1 (with Tuneup), 40Mb hard drive, 4Mb RAM.  
> AppleTalk is enabled on both machines.  Every IIgs folder on the Mac,
> including the hard drive itself, has been set to allow sharing.

If you are the only one who is going to be using the machines, just set
the sharing for the Mac hard drive icon and "all folders enclosed".  Make
sure you set up all the options so that the networkee ( :)  can do them.

I once talked to an Apple employee who came out to a school where I had a
similar setup.  He said that while Apple had heard of people using serial
cables for networking, he didn't recommend it.  I don't think I would
either, but it does work.
  
> (For those of you who don't have a hard drive or who transfer a lot of
> IIgs files through a Mac, you should still try this.  Even if you 
> can't boot from your Mac's hard drive, it's still cheaper than buying 
> a separate hard drive for your IIgs!)
>  
On ftp.apple.com there is an archive called AppleShare Apple II Setup. 
Try that, and let us know how it goes.

-Christopher Sokolov
-csokolo@eis.calstate.edu