Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!decvax!eagle_snax!geoff From: geoff@eagle_snax.UUCP ( R.H. coast near the top) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.sources.wanted Subject: Re: NFS availability Message-ID: <161@eagle_snax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Jul-87 22:37:01 EDT Article-I.D.: eagle_sn.161 Posted: Mon Jul 13 22:37:01 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jul-87 03:28:11 EDT References: <272@wapsyvax.OZ> <1721@umn-cs.UUCP> <671@uhccux.UUCP> <13271@topaz.rutgers.edu> Lines: 24 Keywords: Sun NFS PC Summary: how small is small enough? Xref: mnetor comp.dcom.lans:646 comp.sources.wanted:1611 In article <13271@topaz.rutgers.edu>, rubin@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mike Rubin) writes: > In article <671@uhccux.UUCP>, bob@uhccux.UUCP (Bob Cunningham) writes: > > [...] Also bundled with the current version is a TELNET command with > > nominal vt100 emulation for the PC (requires ANSI.SYS). ANSI.SYS is needed only to make the various network utilities look nice (highlighting hostnames, etc.). Telnet does its own screen update: it wouldn't be quick enough through ANSI.SYS. > > [...] I don't know if PC-NFS is small enough to usefully run on > a floppy-only PC, where it would make the most sense. Well, how small is small enough? In terms of disk space, all you need on your boot diskette are DOS, COMMAND.COM, ANSI.SYS, PCNFS.SYS, NET.EXE, your choice of link level driver, PCNFS.MSG (the messages) and AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS. That lot will easily fit on a floppy. Once you're up, you can tell DOS and PC-NFS both to look on a network drive for their files (via the COMSPEC and NFSDISK environment variables) and you can then run diskless. -- "You want a disclaimer form? Next window, please..." Geoff Arnold, Sun Microsystems East Coast Division (home of PC-NFS) UUCP: {ihnp4,decwrl,...}!sun!garnold ARPA: garnold@sun.cOne