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From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: NFS on System V
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Date: Sun, 26-Oct-86 04:21:00 EST
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> In fact, in the document, "A Fast File System for UNIX", by M. McKusick,
> W. (Bill) Joy, S. Leffler, and R. Fabry, section 5.3 (symbolic links) says
> 
> 	In future Berkeley software distributions it will be possible to
> 	mount file systems from other machines within a local file
> 	system.  When this occurs, it will be possible to create
> 	symbolic links that span machines.

Unfortunately for these Ancient Astronauts-style theories about the 4.2BSD
file system and NFS, the future networked file system being referred to
there was NOT NFS.  First of all, I don't think a real design existed; it
was a wishlist item than a real future idea.  Second of all, what ideas did
exist may have latter appeared in NFS, but not without much change later.
-- 
	Guy Harris
	{ihnp4, decvax, seismo, decwrl, ...}!sun!guy
	guy@sun.com (or guy@sun.arpa)