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From: rfutscher@pbs.org
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Subject: Re: Windows on diskless workstations
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Date: 21 Apr 91 20:45:28 GMT
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> 
>Only catch is this. You can't tell Windows not to use a swap file. And if it
>comes down to using a network workstation's resources for swapping, this is
>the preferred order..... 1) Local Hard Drive.. 2) Local RAM Drive..
>3) NW386 Server drive.. 4) NW286 Server drive.. 5) Version 1.01 of Windows..
> 


"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."

page 380 of Windows 3 Power Tools.  A must read book for all 
windows power users.

Robert Futscher    rfutscher@pbs.org