Re: IIgs appletalk startup

[Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com>]

On Jan 14, 9:54 pm, demp...@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
> <touchstone> wrote:
> > hi,  i am tying to get a IIgs to netboot from a g3 mac and have hit
> > kind of a snag.
>
> > first off, i have a vanilla rom3 gs w/ 2 meg ram.  i have os9.1 on the
> > mac and gs/os on 3.5 floppies.  the g3's appletalk connection is set to
> > printer port,  and the gs's slot 1 and slot 7 are set to appletalk.  they
> > are connected together as such.
>
> [snip]
>
> In order to boot a diskless IIgs over the network from a Mac server, you
> need a Mac running the AppleShare server software with the Apple II boot
> support installed.
>
> The last version of AppleShare which supported this was AppleShare 3.0,
> which requires Mac System 7.0. I doubt it will run on a PowerPC Mac at
> all, or with a system as recent as Mac OS 9.1.
>
> It was also possible with AppleShare 2.1, which runs on Mac System 6 and
> takes over the entire operation of the Mac.
>
> I've never run this myself and can't point you in the direction of the
> server software.
>
> Be warned: it is horribly slow. It is actually faster booting the IIgs
> from a 3.5" floppy, but booting from the server has the advantage of a
> much larger system volume so you can fit more toolsets, applications,
> etc.
>
> --
> David Empson
> demp...@actrix.gen.nz

Plus, you have the "fun" of keeping TWO ancient computers running
properly instead of just ONE. Ugh.

-Warr