Xref: utzoo comp.windows.ms:12027 comp.sys.novell:1320 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!serval!yoda.eecs.wsu.edu!ckinsman From: ckinsman@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Chris Kinsman) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.sys.novell Subject: Re: Windows on diskless workstations Message-ID: <1991Apr27.005417.6217@serval.net.wsu.edu> Date: 27 Apr 91 00:54:17 GMT References: <8621@crash.cts.com> <1991Apr17.130557.14349@hubcap.clemson.edu> <1991Apr18.015949.26790@npd.Novell.COM> <1991Apr20.034704.28236@netcom.COM> <1991Apr21.164528.12434@pbs.org> Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Washington State University Lines: 33 In article <1991Apr21.164528.12434@pbs.org> rfutscher@pbs.org writes: > > >> >>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. But inaccurate. You can use Map Root to eliminate this problem. Chris -- Chris Kinsman KINSMAN@WSUVM1 Washington State University 22487863@WSUVM1 Computing Service Center ckinsman@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu Computing Resources Laboratory 76701.154@compuserve.com