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## A2SERVER
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You can set up A2SERVER to let your Apple IIgs or IIe boot into GS/OS or
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ProDOS 8 over the network, rather than from a local drive. It can even
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download and install ProDOS 8 and GS/OS for you, meaning you can get up and
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running from \"bare metal\" if you wanted to.
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To do this, [log into the a2server console](a2server_commands.md), and type:
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```
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a2server-setup
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```
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After confirming that you want to proceed, you will be asked if you want to
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set up A2SERVER for network boot. Just follow the prompts. If you elect to
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install GS/OS, be prepared to wait for a while. You will also be given the
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option to install various utilities (GSHK, Asimov, and MountIt for GS/OS;
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ShrinkIt, DSK2FILE, and Apple System Utilities for ProDOS 8.)
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For an Apple IIgs, set the startup slot to Slot 7 (ROM 01) or AppleTalk (ROM
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3). For an Apple IIe, put the Workstation Card in a slot higher than any other
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drive interface card, or type PR#x where x is the slot number; you must hold
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down the Open-Apple key when you press return.
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When your Apple II boots up, it will try to boot from the network. If it\'s
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working, you\'ll see a flashing asterisk on a IIe, or a progression of periods
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at the upper left of the screen on a IIgs. You may or may not be asked to
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choose \"a2server\" or \"raspberrypi\" as your server.
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Log in as Guest and select the A2FILES volume, and also the GSFILES volume if
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you\'re using a IIgs. (If you are booting into GS/OS, you can also log in as a
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registered user, but it\'s exactly the same.)
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ProDOS 8 and GS/OS are stored on the volume /A2FILES; filenames are all caps
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and subject to the usual ProDOS restrictions. IIgs users can store files on
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the volume /GSFILES with mixed case, punctuated names of up to 31 characters.
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If you installed GS/OS, you\'ll see a folder called GSOS.INSTALLER. In there,
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IMAGES contains all the GS/OS floppies, which can be turned back into disks by
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using Asimov in the IMAGE.TOOLS folder. You can also use run the GS/OS
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installer from the NET.INSTALL folder instead of using disks.
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A IIgs can network boot into either GS/OS or ProDOS 8 by default, which you
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specify in the Network control panel of GS/OS, or within ProDOS 8 by running
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NETBOOT.GSOS or NETBOOT.P8, which you\'ll find in A2FILES (both reboot the
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computer immediately). You can temporarily network boot into ProDOS 8, without
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changing the GS/OS default, by pressing \"8\" while the dots are filling in
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during the first phase of the network boot (thanks to Geoff Body for this).
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