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- From: eps@futon.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
- Subject: Re: HELP Networking Sun<==>NeXt
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.083013.11599@csus.edu>
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- Organization: San Francisco State University
- References: <40356@unix.SRI.COM>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 08:30:13 GMT
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- In article <40356@unix.SRI.COM> ubi@unix.sri.com
- (Ron Ueberschaer) writes:
- >What are the tricks for doing the following routine networking
- >functions between Sun and Next machines?:
- >
- > 1) Adding a print queue on the Sun to access the Next
- > printer (Netinfo ignores printcap)
-
- Just follow the Sun documentation, but for the rp= value specify
- Local_Printer (not lp).
-
- > 2) Mounting Next 4.3 filesystems on the Sun
- > (Sun doesn't know what 4.3 is)
- >
- > 3) Mounting Sun 4.2 filesystems on the Next
- > (Next doesn't think filesystem exists)
-
- 4.2 and 4.3 are only used with locally-attached drives. You
- cannot unplug a SCSI drive from a NeXT or Sun, plug it into
- the other, and use it. The problem stems from incompatible
- disk labels, even though the filesystems themselves have the
- same format. You can NFS-mount in either direction, however
- (specifying "nfs" instead of "4.2" or "4.3").
-
- >I've been able to do these types of things among Suns, SGIs
- >and HPs. But the Next is truly a challenge.
-
- Not!
-
- -=EPS=-
-