04.012 How can I use a Mac as a network server with my GS?
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This article is from the Apple II Csa2 FAQ, by Jeff Hurlburt with numerous contributions by others.
04.012 How can I use a Mac as a network server with my GS?
In order to use the Mac as a server with a useable system folder you will
have to have AppleShare version 3 running on the Mac. It sounds like you are
wanting to use a local boot disk on the GS and then log on to the Mac to use
tha Mac hard drive. This will work with file sharing active on the Mac. The
disk you need to make for the GS is a Network: Local Startup and not a Network:
Server Startup disk. When booting from this disk you will be able to log on to
the Mac and will be left in the program lau
ncher. There is not enough room on a 800k disk for the finder along with the
network files. I believe that you will also need to add the HSF FST to your
statup boot disk also because it is not put there in the default install. Check
in the drivers folder to be sure.
On the Mac set up a folder for the GS to use and turn on file sharing. On
the GS, from the launcher get into the finder on your system disk and then copy
the finder to the new folder on the Mac. Now you should be able to reboot the
GS and after logging on the Mac, from the launcher, run the finder on the Mac
hard drive. You will now return to the Mac hard drive when you quit your GS
applications. You can put both applications and data files on the Mac and run
them from there just like it was a drive a
ttached to the GS. The speed in about the same as running from a 3 1/2 floppy,
maybe a little faster. You are limited in what you can put in your system
because of the 800k disk but having the finder on the Mac really helps.
If you can find a copy of AppleShare version 3 then you can boot directly
from the Mac without any disk on the GS and the system size can be whatever the
memory in the GS can handle.
By: David Empson
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