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- From: herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Herbert Fung)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Booting from System 7 file server?
- Message-ID: <cci4wB1w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
- Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 22:56:11 MST
- Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Lines: 48
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- Previously oususawm@Msu.oscs.montana.edu (Mark Wistey) wrote:
-
- >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. 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."
-
- System 7 on the Mac will only allow file sharing. If you want too boot
- from the Mac you need AppleShare v.3.0 or higher. I'm not sure how much
- this package costs, but I know it wasn't cheap. Something like $1200.00
- CAN.
-
- >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.
-
- This is what System 7 will let you do. You could also add a network
- printer as well.
-
- >(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!)
-
- Cheaper yes, but sloooow. File sharing on a Classic is very slow, and a
- forty megabyte hard drive will fill up faster than you think, especially
- for two computers. Also the added inconvienience of having both systems
- on at the same time. You might be better off buying a used hard drive. I
- bought a used 20 meg drive for under $150.00 for my other GS. Works
- great.
-
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- Herbert Fung | "Hard work doesn't make miracles,
- Edmonton Remote Systems | Miracles just make hard work!"
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | The Herbster! 1988
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- Herbert Fung herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
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