Nwtworking PowerMac to Linux to Windows

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I dont think the solution you've considered of using samba/netatalk is
convuluted, I think it would be a great use of the tools at hand.

On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 08:50:57 -0500, Leo J Mauler <webgiant at juno.com> wrote:
> I've got a PowerMac running Mac OS 8.1, and I'd like to link it up to a
> Linux server somehow.  I don't have the cash to buy a Macintosh SAMBA
> client ($120????) so I was thinking about trying out netatalk as NFS
> continues to frighten me (and Mac NFS clients are pricey too).
> 
> Has anyone else ever managed this?  Does Mac OS 8.1 come pre-installed
> with all the stuff it needs for regular network connections?  The system
> already has a PCI Ethernet card, it connects to the Internet through a
> shared cable modem connection, and the Mac gets a dynamic IP from the
> DHCP server on the router.
> 
> Part of the situation is that I'd like to link the PowerMac to certain
> hard drives on a Windows PC I have. Since there's no free Mac SAMBA
> client for pre-Mac OS X machines, I was thinking about a convoluted
> solution involving mounting the Windows PC drives over the network onto
> the Linux machine, then sharing those network mounted PC drives to the
> PowerMac via netatalk.
> 
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