At 20:11 -0600 9/29/09, nestamicky wrote: >On 09-09-29 04:22 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: >> My G4 sawtooth is limited to OS 10.3.9 so it can share files. Sigh. >What do you mean by this. Mine goes to 10.4.11 is this why I can't get it >to see my Linux box?
No. My G4 talks to Ubuntu just fine but there are some things that have to be set up. 1) You really can't, in 10.4 plus, share files so that they show up in the OS neXt finder. There are some third party and open software goodies for that but I don't use them. Flex and SMB might be spelled wring. What you can do is to run Netpresenz from Stairways Software on your older Mac to make an ftp server out of it. 2) OS neXt's Finder_Go_Connect_to_server menu item will allow access to Ubuntu files if you have an ftp server enabled over there. There are a dozen or so ftp server products probably available in whatever distribution you're using. But Finder ftp is a one way connection. Apple does not believe you might want to send files using ftp. 3) Interarchy, from Stairways, will go both ways. Personally I prefer the UNIX tool curl but you do have to use a Terminal window or an AppleScript for that. 4) Actually I have set up an ssh (secure shell) certificate on the Mac, the Ubuntu box, and a few other machines so that I can use the scp UNIX command to copy files in both directions without worrying about passwords or even mounting disks. With 10.4 plus you should be able to do all of those things. What you can't do after 10.3.9 is to use AppleTalk over ethernet to mount drives that are owned by an OS 7.5 box so that Finder will see them and allow the usual mouse driven open, drag, and drop operations. Apple turned that off in Tiger. There is an option by Open Door Software called Shareway but hold on to your pocketbook if you think about that. And. . . . as for Retro, perhaps a scheme for putting Intel boards that will run Linux in old Mac cases would be at least as reasonable as OS neXt. There wouldn't be any copyright problems. Boot Camp for Linux and OS neXt? Run Linux applications using X11 running under OS X? -- --> In Christianity, man can have only one wife. This is known as monotony. <-- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
