Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cbosgd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ka From: ka@cbosgd.UUCP (Kenneth Almquist) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Many machines, one news system Message-ID: <557@cbosgd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Dec-84 20:51:44 EST Article-I.D.: cbosgd.557 Posted: Thu Dec 6 20:51:44 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 02:36:54 EST References: <1901@nsc.UUCP> <1816@sun.uucp> Organization: Bell Labs, Columbus Lines: 7 The only network file system that I have seen running on the Sun worked by replacing the standard disk driver with a driver that read from a remote disk across the Ethernet. This approach will not work on a file system (like /usr/spool/news) which is subject to modification. In order to run vnews across a network you need something like the Newcastle Connection, which intercepts system calls and sends them over the network. Kenneth Almquist