[2062] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Mac's & NE2000
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Block)
Thu Oct 31 13:43:48 1996
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Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 12:06:35 -0500
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From: Joe Block <jpb@miamisci.org>
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At 1:22 PM -0500 10/30/96, Daniel W. Forsyth wrote:
>We have a client that needs a fileserver, we are going to install a
>LiNUX server, but... As our Mac knowlage is very limited... I need a
>little info on the hardware.
>
>My question is... to anyone who knows,
>
>Can we just hook the Linux Server w/ne2000 network card directly to the
>Existing Mac network, run the appletalk drivers and thats it? Or is the
>hardware installation ie: putting the server on the network, more
>complicated than that... Thanks.
It's pretty much as simple as that. You need to set up the
AppleVolumes.default & AppleVolumes.system files and turn on netatalk, and
you're ready to rock. There's a good netatalk web page that I forget the
url to (found it with alta vista) that has lots of detailed instructions.
Joseph Block <jpb@miamisci.org>
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