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From: tekbspa!tss!joe@uunet.uu.net (Joe Michel-Angelo)
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Subject: Re: swap local w/ net disk?
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Date: 19 Nov 89 21:25:51 GMT
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In article <2834@brazos.Rice.edu>, by mkatz@sesame.stanford.edu (Morris Katz):
>>Can anyone tell me if it's feasible to use a local scsi disk as the swap
>>disk on a network disk client Sun3/60.
> 
> Yes it is feasible; but, Sun refuses to support this configuration which
> many of us believe in dearly.  You don't say what version of SunOS you are


Trying the kernel config line of:

	config vmunix root on type nfs swap on sd0c

works perfect for any diskless 4.0.3 client with a local scsi. or:

	config vmunix root on nd swap on sd0c

works fine for any diskless 3.X client with a local scsi.

just be sure that sd0 has a valid drive lable and you are in business.
you should note that the internal scsi drive on a sparc is acutally slower
then an nfs file system providing network performance is acceptable....