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From: harkin@hpindda.HP.COM (Art Harkin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP835S and diskless suns
Message-ID: <4310018@hpindda.HP.COM>
Date: 5 Nov 88 07:19:52 GMT
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>    Does anyone have experience booting diskless suns (3/50, 3/60) from 
> an HP system using NFS??  We have an 835S on an ethernet and would like
> to boot diskless suns from this system.  Any experiences or success stories
> in doing this would be gratefully received.
>				marc gates
>				johns hopkins applied physics lab, laurel, md
>				UUCP: ...bpa!cp1!aplcen!aplvax!marc
>				Internet: marc@aplpy.jhuapl.edu

HP does not incorporate the recently released NFS 4.0 features into 
its NFS product.  The NFS diskless feature is new to NFS 4.0.

There is a possibility that many of the new features in NFS 4.0 will
be incorporated into HP's NFS (ie. directory exporting, the additional
export options: read only, user name access lists...), but currently
it is unlikely that NFS diskless will be among those added features.
The main reason being that HP offers another diskless solution, that
is very competitive with Suns (especially their Network Disk). 

This position is prone to change, due to market demand, and other factors.
I encourage you to contact your HP representative and discuss your need
for NFS 4.0 diskless, or a comparable solution. 

Art Harkin
Network Support Center
Hewlett Packard

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