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In reading the documents, it seems to me that there are three kinds of disconnected operation: accidental disconnect, disconnecting using 'cfs disconnect', and disconnecting by shutting your machine down and restarting it in circumstances in which no network connection to the servers is possible. In the first case, I can't see what you can do to prepare for it, though I suppose you can run hoard occasionally to make certain that as much as you can hold is cached. Having set up the simplest possible hoard file: add /coda 100:d+ I tried running hoard on it, then 'hoard walk'; then I gave the command 'cfs disconnect'. To my surprise, I got some files, but others gave me an error. As the cell is still fairly small, I was surprised that it wasn't all cached. I did have System:Administrator token when I did the hoard walk. Second, I find that after giving 'cfs reconnect' there are problems which only disappeared when I shut venus down and restarted it. Is this to be expected? Finally, I don't see how to start venus when you are completely disconnected, and though I thought I saw something about this somewhere, I can't find it again. In other words, if you are bringing your laptop away for the weekend, do you have to suspend it (which doesn't work on this one), or can you start it up and see the coda files while you are away? -- Owen LeBlanc_at_mcc.ac.ukReceived on 2000-04-11 08:57:02