COMPAQ

         Compaq Computer Corporation
         Tru64 UNIX Software Engineering
         110 Spit Brook Road
         Nashua, NH 03062-9987

         October 2000

         Dear Customer,

         Thank you for buying Diskless Driver for Tru64 UNIX Version
         2.0B. Diskless Driver is a Tru64 UNIX layered product, and
         is an extension of Dataless Management Services (DMS). DMS
         is required on the server system for installation and use of
         Diskless Driver.

         In a dataless management environment, a server system maintains
         the root, /usr, and /var file systems for all client systems.
         The server maintains one copy of root for each client. The /usr
         file system is exported read only and is shared by all clients
         registered to the environment. Client systems have their own
         /var file system. All paging is done on the client's local disk.

         When used with DMS, Diskless Driver for Tru64 UNIX eliminates
         the need for a local disk. A single-board computer (SBC) or
         workstation can run Tru64 UNIX without a disk by booting over
         the network and paging to a server system using the Network File
         System (NFS).

         For operating system prerequisites, refer to the Diskless Driver
         for Tru64 UNIX Software Product Description (SPD 56.37.xx).
         A minimum of 48 MB of memory is required; Compaq recommends
         a minimum of 64 MB of memory. Diskless Driver also requires
         that the following Tru64 UNIX software subsets be loaded on the
         system on which you install Diskless Driver:

            OSFBASE-the "Base System" subset
            OSFCLINET-Basic Networking Services
            OSFNFS-NFS Utilities

         To install the Diskless Driver for Tru64 UNIX reference pages,
         the OSFDCMT subset, Doc Tools for Manpages, must be installed on
         the system on which you install Diskless Driver.

                                          Tru64 UNIX Software Engineering

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