Thompson Freeman wrote:
>
> With the beginning of school, I should really start backing up the
> children's Mac. Unfortuantely for me, the only tape system in the house is
> on my Linux box.
>
> What I would like is an open source client/server system (or something
> really really cheap) to back the Mac up on the tape drive. Is there such a
> beast, or am I getting into a real "roll your own" situation? Also, is it
> possible to mount/share the Mac disk on the Linux box. I've heard of a
> program to do so, but have not been able to locate a source or name.
The below URL points to an HFS kernel patch for linux to allow LOCAL
mac disks to be mounted/read.
http://www-sccm.stanford.edu/Students/hargrove/HFS/
The below URL is to a product called AFPFS which allows you linux box
to browse/communicate on an AppleTalk network. It can mount remote mac
shares and all that good stuff. It does not work well with the 2.1.x or
2.2.x kernel, however.
http://thehamptons.com/anders/netatalk/mirror/afpfs-1.0b1.tar.gz
The below URL is a "pre-alpha" version of AFPFS that "works" under
2.2.x. I have found it fairly stable, but the author cautions its use.
http://www.panix.com/~dfoster/afpfs
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