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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux vs ....
Date: 28 Aug 1995 11:55:56 +0200
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Nick Kralevich <nickkral@parker.EECS.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:

>Besides, aren't you suppose to enter the IP number, not name, for the 
>NFS install?  That way, you don't need a nameserver.

I thought that was it name servers were for?

I simply don't like to say ``192.109.108.139:/cdrom'', and maybe i
don't even know the actual address in some cases.

As i wrote: a minor nit.
-- 
cheers, J"org                      private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
                                   http://www.sax.de/~joerg/

Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)