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Xref: sserve comp.os.msdos.apps:10655 comp.os.msdos.misc:14385 comp.os.386bsd.questions:4282 comp.os.linux:51630 comp.os.misc:2365 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!library.ucla.edu!ddsw1!not-for-mail From: karl@genesis.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux,comp.os.misc Subject: Re: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATIVES FOR PC-NFS BESIDES SUN'S OFFERING Date: 5 Aug 1993 21:39:49 -0500 Organization: MCSNet Ops, Chicago, IL Lines: 24 Distribution: world Message-ID: <23sg9l$h1f@genesis.MCS.COM> References: <23sfj6INN2ju@darkstar.ucsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: genesis.mcs.com Keywords: Unix, NFS, client, server, Sun, anti-Sun In article <23sfj6INN2ju@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, Brian Buhrow <buhrow@cats.ucsc.edu> wrote: > > I was recently asked to evaluate the various ways of connecting a >collection of IBM compatibles together. We can use Novell, but I was also >considering using a Unix nfs file server with PC-NFS clients running on the >pc's. Would this scenario provide the same functionality with respect to >file access as a Novell server? That is, can you make the network drive >look like a local drive to the pc (g:, etc.)? > What about MS-DOS nfs clients? Are there nfs client programs out >there besides Sun's PC-NFS which, at last check, ran for $250.00, or there >abouts, a station? I would look at Beame & Whiteside's package. I like it much better than PC/NFS; one of its salient features is that it is very stingy on the DOS memory requirement, which is a very, very big deal for DOS users. I use it here, recommend it, sell it, and like it. I admit to being biased. :-) -- Karl Denninger (karl@genesis.MCS.COM) | You can never please everyone except Modem Access: [+1 312 248-0900] | by bankrupting yourself. Voice & FAX: [+1 312 248-8649] | Internet in Chicago; a MCSNET first!