Due to the news about the MacOS name change, it's becoming quite hard to Google for older MacOS stuff. Was it ever possible to netboot MacOS 8.1 or earlier? I have A/UX 3 running nicely on a Quadra 700, now, but now I want to dual boot it with MacOS, but I don't have a CDROM. Taking out the drive and putting it on my other 68k Mac (a Centris 660AV) and installing MacOS still gives me some weird issues that I suspect are related to having installed it on different hardware.
If I can't do a network based install, I'll probably just steal a longer SCSI cable, use a molex power splitter to add another 5V power cable, and then install from CDROM while the system is half-open. Then I'll just button it up afterwards. The factor SCSI cable in my Quadra 700 has only one connector for a drive. -Swift
