George Fliger wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
 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.
 GF> Windows DOES support this.  A simple SETUP /A will do a
 GF> Network Administrator's setup on the Netware server.  From
 GF> there, SETUP /N is issued to install the minimal program
 GF> files on the workstation necessary to access the remaining
 GF> code that's located on the Netware server.  You can also
 GF> override the default install path in SETUP /N to point the
 GF> workstation's files to another directory on the Netware
 GF> server (such as the user's home directory).  From this point
 GF> the only MANUAL item you would need to change (if you decide
 GF> or need to change it) is to modify the swapfile settings to
 GF> point, again, to the Netware server.  The swapfile would
 GF> have to be a temporary versus a permanent.
I think this is what I said: Windows cannot be automatically installed to run 
on a diskless workstation with any swapfile in use.  If the workstation does 
not have sufficient memory to run Windows without a swapfile, and few do, 
then Windows cannot be installed without a manual process.
 GF> I'll grant you that this makes a very slow and inefficient
 GF> WFWG network but for those networks with workstations that
 GF> are only floppy based or diskless, this is a viable
 GF> solution.
Yes, it does work, but it also requires manual editing of SYSTEM.INI.  This 
is exactly what I meant by "does not support."  If you try to put a temporary 
swapfile onto a network volume from Control Panel, Windows will tell you that 
this is not allowed.
 
-- Mike
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