[OT-ish] nfs v. samba

[Michael R. Head]

On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 16:06 +0100, Peter Simpson wrote:
> On Friday 28 Oct 2005 15:41, Oscar wrote:
> > On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:25:19 -0400
> >
> > Todd Slater <dontodd at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I've been trying to come up with a system to share files in my home
> > > network consisting of a desktop computer and a laptop, using a
> > > wireless router. Both are Breezy, but I sometimes boot my laptop to
> > > WindowsXP, but don't plan on needing to access files on my Breezy box
> > > from XP.
> >
> > There is a official (written by Microsoft) nfs-client for Windows XP, but I
> > think it costs some money (and it's targeted at it-professionals), and I
> > haven't tried it myself.
> This suite is Microsoft's "Services For Unix" (lovely acronym!) and is 
> available for free from their site.

I've downloaded and installed it in the past, but I could not figure out
how I was meant to actually access my nfs shares, so I just installed
samba on the server for my roommate so he could listen to my music, too.

> It also allows some (very few!) Posix apps to run on WIndows.....
> 
> It is only available for XP and Server 2003.
> 
> >
> > Oscar
> 
> 
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Michael R. Head <burner at suppressingfire.org>