>>Are the other hard disks formatted as HFS+? That could be the problem.
>
>I bet you are right. I didn't think of that, but yes they are. What is
>fishy, though, is that the PB could open shared files on the server
>(OS9.04) but not on my desktop (OS9.1). I checked, and one of the two HDs
>is "standard" and the the other is "extended." I will check tomorrow from
>the shop if I can open the files on the standard drive and report back.
>Sstill doesn't explain why I can ping the provider but still cannot use the
>internat on the laptop, and likewise ping the laserprinter but cannot get
>it to print the files.
HFS vs HFS+ doesn't matter over AppleShare. HFS+ is a lower level disk
format, AppleShare shares "volumes" rather than "disks". I've been
accessing HFS+ disks from OS 7.6.1 and 7.5.x machines for a long time.
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