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Re: [LUG] NFS client for w2k

 

On Monday 04 May 2009 16:17, Simon Williams wrote:
> Gordon Henderson wrote:
> > On Mon, 4 May 2009, Simon Williams wrote:
> >> Tom Potts wrote:
> >>> Anyone seen a decent open NFS client for w2k?
> >>
> >> Woa. It's hard enough getting NFS to behave nicely with Linux clients.
> >
> > Huh? It "just works" ... I've maintained several NFS (and NIS)
> > installations - one with over 300 client PCs + Servers. (And another with
> > 280 nodes, but they were solaris boxes, so don't count here!)
>
> It works fine in a static environment. Unfortunately it really doesn't
> work at all when it comes to unreliable connections and roaming laptops.
>
> >> Setting up a samba server would be much easier and safer.
> >
> > There is that, but in days gone by, I remember using NFS under Win 3.1..
> > Why did all that technology seem to "vanish" over the years..
>
> Oh wow - M$ provide their own!?!
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324055
Apparently it still blue screens the machines its on a lot!
I was hoping cygwin might have one but no luck - cant imagine its too hard to 
plagiarise one  - that way I can get away from any TomTom patent rubbish: 
cant imagine Samba not having long/short file name stuff in it!
Tom te tom te tom


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