Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!polyslo!vlsi3b15!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: PETERSON@LIUVAX.BITNET (Reality is not an Industry Standard) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: LAN boot disks. (PC) Message-ID: <0004.8909271119.AA09775@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 26 Sep 89 19:39:00 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion ListLines: 14 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu If your LAN o/s and cards support the function - try auto boot roms. We run Novell nets with various cards that all autoboot from a server. (Novell 2.1x allows you to have multiple boot files for different pcs) This method keeps the boot code very safe, allows for global changes, and the students just need a blank formatted disk. In addition, any new software gets installed from an account that does *not* have supervisor's (operator) status - one dept. forund that out the hard way. J. Peterson/Sys Eng LIU-Southampton PETERSON@LIUVAX.BITNET