Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request From: mr@racal-itd.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: mixing 3.3 and 4.X within a local net Keywords: Networks Message-ID: <24695.8904230930@skye.ritd.co.uk> Date: 5 May 89 11:15:45 GMT Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 22 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu Original-Date: Sun, 23 Apr 89 10:30:08 BST X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 267, message 3 of 10 Can't claim specific knowledge of mixing 3.3 with 4.X, but certainly claim claim 3.2 mith 4.0.1 - it works fine. We still have over half our machines running 3.2 (to support existing products). The 3.2 and 4.0.1 run separate YP domains (messy, but rather unavoidable - we need to stick fairly closely to vanilla Sun distributions). We have a wide range of models on this net (Sun-2 and up). This includes 386i, but we did ditch SNAP and just run them as part of the main 4.0.1 domain. All systems are happily cross-mounting NFS file systems. The only pain is remembering which "universe" you are currently logged in to. Most painful between 386i and non-386i - need to use different .defaults, etc. to get best benefits (ask for copies of my .login if interested). Even as I write, I note that the 386i diskless in front of me is served by a 3/280, all on the one net. Martin Reed, Racal Imaging Systems Ltd uucp: mr@ritd.co.uk, uunet!ukc!ritd!mr, sunuk!ritd!mr Global String: +44 256 469943 Fax: +44 256 471492 Paper: Rankine Road, Basingstoke, Hants, England, RG24 0NW #include