[ILUG] Mac's and Wintel and Linux....

[Dunphy Richard-rdunph01]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wynne, Conor [mailto:Conor.Wynne at compaq.com]
> Sent: 14 February 2001 09:23
> To: 'Niall O Broin'; 'ilug at linux.ie'
> Subject: RE: [ILUG] Mac's and Wintel and Linux....
> 
> 
> What about if I update the macs to MacOs X? Does it look the 
> same to the
> users, and can they run existing apps? I heared its based on 
> Java and has a
> BSD 4.x core so it has to rock, no? 

Not too sure on this one.. Only running Mac OS 9 here.
 
> Surely this way I could mount the samba server and Windozs 
> PC's at the same
> time? After all, it unix...

I think you'ld still face the same problem of the samba share. If the MacOS X is unix based then you may be able to get away with NFS shares off the Linux Box.

> (These are professional machines so I don't wan't to mess them up)
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with this, is it as fast as 
> the mac-os? The
> machines are those coloured ones, can't remember the models 
> but are recent. 
> 
> I like you're idea about mounting the ip, do you know from 
> which version of
> MacOS this is supported?

I think it's supported in MacOS 9 as I didn't use the Chooser to get to the machine. But the Linux Server still had to be running the appletalk stuff, I think the network fileing system (afpd?? or something). Again it's just as easy getting the full netatalk up and running!

When I said slow I meant when the Mac first boots. It can take a while for it to get itself connected, but once connected it's very good. Much better than a Windows Share at least!

There doesn't seem to be a performance hit on the Linux Box with the netatalk running. Just remember to set up what you want to share out....


RikD.