>Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 07:24:05 +0000 >From: Mark Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >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. Over on the evil PC side of things, netboot was (is?) accomplished with a network card with a ROM on board. The ROM handles the basic functions needed to get the machine running far enough to access the network and find the network boot drive. Obviously, it's kind of tough to netboot a computer if there's no way for it to bootstrap itself up far enough to check the network. iMac's handle this with Open Firmware in their ROM, I believe (assuming they do diskless net booting). Older Macs would need some kind of firmware to tell them to look to the network for their boot volume and to supply network protocol software. Were there special network cards for the SE and Plus that had the additional code built in? Jeff Walther -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
