>From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
>
>In one sense, it's not.  In another, the way dumps are done to disk typically
>involves a relatively short code path... put NFS in there, and suddenly you
>involve the krpc code, udp code, ip code, ethernet drivers (which may play
>tricky mbuf games), buffer cache, etc.

I see your point here...but it still can be done.  To use a really
lousy example, ULTRIX supports dumping over the network.

I find this really handy for setting up a "really diskless" diskless
workstation.  It's generally better than not having a dump device at
all.

cheers,
entropy

--
entropy -- it's not just a good idea, it's the second law.