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From: bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner)
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Subject: NFS diskless ?!
Date: 26 Feb 1993 11:31:59 GMT
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Hi all,
quite recently when I was browsing through /usr/include I came across a file
called nfsdiskless.h.

There were some nice things in there that suggest it might be possible
to boot 386bsd (off a floppy, probably) and the nmake it use NFS root and
swap partitions.

Would anyone care to comment on the state of this ? Is this partially
implemented, does one just need to give some magik option to config to make
it work, or is that just a stub for future glory ?

Any hints welcome.

Thanks,
	Bernard