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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
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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