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From: jlamb@npd.Novell.COM (Jason "Nematode" Lamb)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Windows on diskless workstations
Message-ID: <1991Apr19.012141.19679@npd.Novell.COM>
Date: 19 Apr 91 01:21:41 GMT
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In article <1991Apr18.162708.20756@hubcap.clemson.edu> cballen@hubcap.clemson.edu (charles allen) writes:
> 
>RTFM page 507.   "To prevent Windows from swapping, edit your SYSTEM.INI
>file and set Paging=No in the [386enh] section of the file."
> 
>OK, this is only for 386enh mode.  If you have to run in REAL or STANDARD
>mode, it looks like a swap file is required, in which case a RAM disk may
>be the way to go for certain situations like a diskless workstaton.  As a
>note, page 529 of TFM says it should have at least 512K of free space.
>Have a nice day!
>- Charles A.

I do stand corrected. Swapping can be turned off for 386 Enhanced mode...

If there's anyone out there who's seriously considering doing it,... don't.

(Or at the minimum, TEST it first. Then you will know the true meaning of 
suffering for your art....) 

Ditto for anyone considering using 512K for a swapping ramdisk (in 386 Enh
mode).

(I know this sounds crazy, but sometimes the manual will state actual truths
and garnish them with an inordinate amount of optimism...)

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       Jason Lamb                         jlamb@Sed.Novell.COM
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