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SubjectRe: 2.2.0 wishlist
Systemkennung Linux (linux@informatik.uni-koblenz.de) wrote:
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> During my MIPS hackery I found diskless machines a real help. Never dirty
> filesystems. Forget about the shutdown command - just press reset. Too
> bad that there was no swap via NFS.

There was, with Gero Kuhlmann's netboot-nfs package I used to set up the
iX-Terminal last year. However swapping over NFS proved to be quite
unreliable. We decided to drop the NFS-swap feature for the iX-Terminal
and wait until a better solution hit the street. (NFS/TCP for example)

--
Harald Milz (hm@seneca.muc.de)

"All snakes who wish to remain in Ireland will please raise their right
hands."
-- Saint Patrick


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