Apple Macintosh System 7.5 - Manual (Page 43)

Creating an upgrade server from the System 7.5 floppy disks
If you cannot use a CD-ROM drive to create the upgrade server, you can use
the System 7.5 floppy disks provided.
1 Create a new folder on your AppleShare file server or shared disk.
Name the folder Network Installer (or a similar name that users will easily
identify).
2 Insert Install Disk 1 and drag its icon to your hard disk.
The floppy disk’s contents are copied into a newly created folder called Install
Disk 1 on the hard disk.
3 Move the new folder into the Network Installer folder you created in step 1.
4 Eject the disk.
5 Repeat steps 2, 3, and 4 for each installation disk.
Inside the Network Installer folder, there should now be folders representing
each of the installation disks.
6 Make the Network Installer folder accessible over the network.
Performance of the upgrade server
Installing software over the network presents two main advantages over
installing from floppy disks:
m Multiple users can upgrade without each having to obtain a set of
installation disks.
m The installation can proceed unsupervised, since there are no disks to
insert.
To make sure that the process is as efficient as possible, consider the following
performance factors:
m the AppleTalk network type
m the AppleShare server type
m how the upgrade server is used
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