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From: tbarnett@lexmark.com (Tyler Barnett)
Subject: Re: Any information on Samba
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Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 18:08:35 GMT
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In article <01bb9eb0$223ee300$71c4abc7@glen>, "Glen" <gi143@cybercomm.net> says:
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>I have looked all over the internet for information on Samba.
>Is there anyone out there that has Samba working with freebsd and win95.
>
>Can someone point me in the right direction thanks.
>
Several people have already posted on this, but I'll throw my 2 cents in.
Samba and FreeBSD have saved my bacon this past month.
I have 50gig of data online, and OS/2 Lan server just can't handle all
the physical drives (I had 9 that were 4 gig or more), and then network
them all out to 500+ users.  Drive letters C: through K: were physical, 
and I networked out L: through Z:, and still couldn't do it all.
With FreeBSD and Samba, I can plug drives and systems into 1 huge file
system structure without limits, and then export it all on one drive 
letter to WinXX and OS/2 clients, as well as export it all to our Sun
networks.  It is so stable, and like the Energizer bunny, it keeps going
and going and going....

What a Great OS!  

Tyler Barnett
Lexmark International