Mail Archives: opendos/1997/05/09/14:10:42
> I agree totally with your assessment that NFS support would be great
> (especially for connectivity to Linux). Even though I have a Personal
> NetWare setup at home, I'd also like to get file server connectivity to my
> Caldera boxes. I tried to get NFS working on DOS, but couldn't find
> anything that was both 1) free, and 2) I could get running.
Anybody on this list tried PC-NFS under OD yet?
> However, I have to disagree about dumping Personal NetWare. It is quite
> functional for many uses (particularly small networks at schools or
> small businesses). I don't know why including something else necessarily
> has to push it out as an option.
"Has to," certainly not. I'm not even sure PNW should be dumped
altogether. However, I think NFS/LPD would be an easier path
to an easy-to-implement networkable DOS. The source is
available to PC-NFS, and should be available to whichever LPD
is used. Thus debugging and rewriting becomes doable. And
clients abound for NFS and LPD on every major OS in use.
The same can not be said for PNW. I am deliberately not
using OD for any of my LAN-based clients, because PNW is
not supported decently under Windows 95, and NT not at
all as far as I know. If OD had NFS and LPD built-in,
I could easily use an OD machine as a very good print or
even low-load file server on most LANs, whether they
be based on NetWare, Unix, or NT servers, because
clients for NFS and LPD are so available.
Jonathan E. Brickman River City Computing, Inc. (913) 232-6663
http://www.cjnetworks.com/~rivercity brickman AT cjnetworks DOT com
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