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From: altman@sbpmt.cs.sunysb.edu (Jeff Altman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Windows on diskless workstations
Message-ID: <1991Apr23.145419.25278@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
Date: 23 Apr 91 14:54:19 GMT
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In article <1991Apr21.164528.12434@pbs.org> rfutscher@pbs.org writes:
>
>"If you are useing a Novell network, do not set the temporary swap file
>to a net drive. Unlike other network vendors, Novell does not license
>Microsoft"s MSNet Redirector module. Because Novell is not MSNet
>Redictor compatible, thr root directory of a Novell network drive
>is also the root directory of the server.  What this means is that
>if more than one user tries to run windows in 386 enhanced mode
>with their temporary swap file set to the same Novell drive, their
>systems will hang because the swap files will try to be the same
>name on the root directory of the server."

This is rather outdated.  The 3.01 shells which are required to run
Windows 3.0 do support Fake Roots.

MAP ROOT w:=sys:home/my_directory 

for example.


>Robert Futscher    rfutscher@pbs.org


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