On 6 Nov 96 05:05pm, Mike Bilow wrote to Jason Wong:
 MB> Jason Wong wrote in a message to All:
 JW> How fast is it if I installed WFWG 3.11 to run off the
 JW> fileserver?  Would it be A LOT slower? Would there be any major
 JW> complications that I should look into?
 MB> I've done this.  Windows does not support such a configuration,
 MB> but you can do it by manually editing SYSTEM.INI and forcing
 MB> the issue.  You need to define the temporary swap file on a
 MB> network drive, frequently accessed DLLs will cause serious
 MB> slowdowns, and any loss of network connection will result in a
 MB> total crash.  Other than this, it can be made to work.
Windows DOES support this.  A simple SETUP /A will do a Network
Administrator's setup on the Netware server.  From there, SETUP /N is
issued to install the minimal program files on the workstation necessary
to access the remaining code that's located on the Netware server.  You
can also override the default install path in SETUP /N to point the
workstation's files to another directory on the Netware server (such as
the user's home directory).  From this point the only MANUAL item you
would need to change (if you decide or need to change it) is to modify
the swapfile settings to point, again, to the Netware server.  The
swapfile would have to be a temporary versus a permanent.
I'll grant you that this makes a very slow and inefficient WFWG network
but for those networks with workstations that are only floppy based or
diskless, this is a viable solution.
George
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