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- From: kent@eaenki.nde.swri.edu (Kent Polk)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Unix Compatible NFS server?
- Date: 1 Mar 1996 15:28:18 GMT
- Organization: Southwest Research Institute
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- In article <19960301.7421AC8.73FF@ragtime.vnet.net> jkay@ragtime.vnet.net (John Kelly) writes:
- >
- > <crampson@ford.com> writes:
- >
- > > Sadly no, there are no NFS servers for Amigas. Please anyone, correct me
- > > if I'm wrong.
- >
- > UNIX supports additional information in the file system, above and beyond
- > what FFS supports, like "serial-numbering" files, which NFS uses ...
- >
- > Until someone creates a HACK to emulate these additional fields in the
- > filesystem, there can be no true NFS server for Amigas.
-
- The hack was done years ago for AS225R2. Interworks can still supply
- you with (I think) a slightly improved version. The main 'problem' is
- that all writes (even from the host) must go through NFS or the table
- (part of the hack) must be rebuilt. Still, it works pretty reasonably
- well.
-
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