Useful information for network installers
Wendy Ross
wross at engin.umich.edu
Thu Dec 6 05:48:48 AEST 1990
Good gravy, I would think dragging a tape drive and diskettes
around would be rather cumbersome, not to mention a big waste
of time!
Ever since we received the machines in bulk, I followed (pretty
much) IBM's instructions on setting up a server to be able
to load the base operating system and the network lpp through
the network. Anytime I need to reload a machine I take
three floppy diskettes, the boot, display, and installation/
maintenance diskettes, and the client gets absolutely everything
from the server. Naturally, I enhanced things with a couple
of my own scripts. The load procedure for the base os and
network lpp takes about 1/2 hour.
-Wendy
wross at caen.engin.umich.edu
<insert amusing quip here>
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