RZ23 setup on DEC3100 Station

[Larry Beaulieu]

> We recently set the systems up and I have yet to figure out how I
> can use the RZ23 on the client station. I want to use it as swap
> space but have no clue as to what to do first. I am short on disk

	You first configure the system as a diskless node on your
	server.

	You then create a new configuration file for your client
	system and edit it, replacing the line in your config file
	of the format:

	config vmunxi root on qe0 

	with something like
		
	config vmunix root on qe0 swap on rz4b

		or whatever the device name of the local drive is. 

	You also need to ensure that the disk controller and disk
	are also specified in the configuration file.  This will 
	allow you to use partition b of the local drive
	for paging and swapping. This wouldn't gain you a whole lot of disk
	space, but would obviously reduce the load on your server.

	The formal procedure is detailed in Chapter 4 of the Ultrix 3.0
	Guide to Diskless Management Services; I would assume that 3.1
	also supports this function.

	You could also probably copy a root partition onto partition a
	on the local drive and use /usr/mdec/installboot to make it
	bootable; your /usr partition would mounted via NFS from the
	server, and you would need a new kernel generated which
	configures vmunix to be on the local drive, something like:

	config vmunix root on rz4a swap on rz4b

	This would approximate the dataless client configuration
	available under SunOS.  I've never done it on a DEC system, but
	I have for Sun 3's and 3-x's.

	You could then take partitions d-h and mount/use them locally
	or possibly export them (ugh) for the other systems to store
	data on.

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