On Friday, Jan 3, 2003, at 02:10 Europe/London, Marten van de Kraats wrote:
>> At 01:55 +0000 on 03/01/03, Mark Benson wrote: >> >>> Convenient Example. Apple used to sell them as workgroup servers for >>> Mac clusters using Pluses and SEs. They used a remote boot system >>> that >> >> Uhmmmm... no Mac before the iMac could netboot. Maybe you're >> thinking of the >> Apple IIgs. >> -- >> > I don't understand why one would need that netboot thing... Just boot > from a floppy with system folder containing ramdisk utility and > networking software and let ramdisk+ (after having proper setup) take > care of the rest. Booting from a floppy defeats the object. It's supposed to be a diskless operation. > -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Visit my Homepage: <http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson> Vintage Macs List Nanny "Never send a human to do a machine's job." -The Matrix -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
