Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!decwrl!decvax!ima!esegue!johnl From: johnl@esegue.uucp (John Levine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Diskless NeXT's?? Message-ID: <1989Aug11.031408.10369@esegue.uucp> Date: 11 Aug 89 03:14:08 GMT References: <1989Aug8.192101.3060@ee.rochester.edu> <89222.100550UH2@PSUVM> Reply-To: johnl@esegue.UUCP (John Levine) Distribution: na Organization: Segue Software, Cambridge MA Lines: 11 In article <1989Aug8.192101.3060@ee.rochester.edu>, jal@ee.rochester.edu (John Lefor) says: >Thus the question - is it possible to defeat the optical disk for >purposes of system boot without completely disabling the optical? You can set up a NeXT to boot from the optical, from the SCSI, or from the Ethernet. It's a parameter you set by typing at the ROM monitor. You can if you want boot from the net even if you have an optical and a SCSI disk. -- John R. Levine, Segue Software, POB 349, Cambridge MA 02238, +1 617 492 3869 {ima|lotus}!esegue!johnl, johnl@ima.isc.com, Levine@YALE.something Massachusetts has 64 licensed drivers who are over 100 years old. -The Globe