On Thursday, Bob George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed (below):
] > Oh, I see. You want the Linux machine to serve
] > MSwin clients. Sorry, I know nothing about MSwin.
] > Perhaps the SMB HOWTO would help you?
I have skimmed this document. (Will go into more detail later when I
have more time...)
] Samba will do this quite well. I've used it to do LAN installs of Windows by
] setting up a DOS machine to load the appropriate network client.
>From what I've seen of the SMB Howto, it only says it only works for
W95/98 and NT, and W3.11 with win32s drivers and DLLs.
] I'm not 100% sure what Ben means by "local CD ROM" though.
So applications see it as normal CD-ROM. This probably isn't all that
important...
] A DOS/Windows
] client with the appropriate client software will be able to map a drive
] letter to a Samba share ("net use x: \\sambaserver\sharename"). Hopefully,
] that's what's needed.
What client software is needed? I'm pretty sure I can get the server
stuff happening.
I was fooling with Personal Netware but it needs too many drivers...
I haven't done much with the 386 lately because it lost its network
card temporairly. I did map some drives between two computers.
I think I could handle the linux/w95 stuff with software easily
available (either on the internet or a CD), just need DOS software.
] The only catch is that it REQUIRES TCP/IP. No NetBEUI! No IPX! You need to
] get the clients workable with that first, then try out Samba.
I have gotten Arachne working to access the internet through the lan
and IP_Masq on the linux box. Does this count? :)
] Good luck!
Thanks...
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