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Using a file server as the system disk

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From: Clayton M. Elwell
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1987 21:19
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In article <1644@watcgl.waterloo.edu> kdmoen@watcgl.waterloo.edu
(Doug Moen) writes:
>Not true.  Here at the University of Waterloo there is a network of
>Macintoshes that share a single large hard disk over a network.
>
>Doug Moen
>University of Waterloo Computer Graphics Lab
>UUCP:     {ihnp4,watmath}!watcgl!kdmoen
>INTERNET: kdmoen@cgl.waterloo.edu

I've done it with TOPS, as well.  The major problem is that they then
share the system file, which means that if one person uses 'Chooser'
to change printers, evrybody else changes too.  This can be a pain.
Sigh.


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From: elwell@osu-eddie.UUCP (Clayton M. Elwell)
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Subject: Using a file server as the system disk
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Date: Wed, 26-Aug-87 17:19:04 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 26 17:19:04 1987
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