> Due to the news about the MacOS name change, it's becoming quite hard to > Google for older MacOS stuff. Was it ever possible to netboot MacOS 8.1 or > earlier? I have A/UX 3 running nicely on a Quadra 700, now, but now I want > to dual boot it with MacOS, but I don't have a CDROM. Taking out the drive > and putting it on my other 68k Mac (a Centris 660AV) and installing MacOS > still gives me some weird issues that I suspect are related to having > installed it on different hardware. > > If I can't do a network based install, I'll probably just steal a longer > SCSI cable, use a molex power splitter to add another 5V power cable, and > then install from CDROM while the system is half-open. Then I'll just > button it up afterwards. The factor SCSI cable in my Quadra 700 has only > one connector for a drive.
In short: no. In long: NetBoot requires a G4 or a late G3, and that would imply pretty much only 8.6 and up. You *can* netboot a *IIgs* from an AppleShare server (over LocalTalk), and I have in fact done that myself, but I've never seen this functionality on a 68K Mac or 60x Power Mac and the ROM doesn't know how. -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com -- I like being single. I'm always there when I need me. -- Art Leo -----------
