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From: vv77076@cc.tut.fi (Vanhatupa Vesa)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Can 386BSD be used as a NFS Server?
Date: 31 Mar 93 18:32:48
Organization: Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland.
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In-reply-to: cgd@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU's message of 30 Mar 93 22:23:07


In article <CGD.93Mar30222307@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU> cgd@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou) writes:

> In article <VV77076.93Mar29183932@lehtori.cc.tut.fi> vv77076@cc.tut.fi (Vanhatupa Vesa) writes:

> >I have 386BSD installed on my machine and I am wondering if it can be
> >used as NFS server for computer(s) with MSDOS/OS/2.

> if your client talks nfs, 386bsd will do it.  no questions asked,
> really.

Now I know it's possible more questions arised:

1. Can anyone comment about reliability of 386BSD as a NFS -server.
(Does it support file sharing/locking between multiple msdos clients?)

2. Is there any PD/SW NFS-client programs for msdos/OS/2.

> chris

> p.s. your software posted your article with a distribution of "comp"
>      which is invalid.
> --
> Chris G. Demetriou                                    cgd@cs.berkeley.edu

>  In case you didn't know: There are blondes and bogons in the VM system!

- Vesa