Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!super.zippo.com!zdc!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.apfel.de!news-fra1.dfn.de!news-ge.switch.ch!feed2.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!feed1.news.innet.be!INbe.net!stns.news.pipex.net!warm.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.utell.co.uk!usenet
From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: DOS client for FreeBSD?
Date: 14 Apr 1997 09:23:25 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
Lines: 22
Message-ID: <5ist2d$5j7@ui-gate.utell.co.uk>
References: <334E8A73.30DF@ewa.net>
Reply-To: brian@awfulhak.org, brian@utell.co.uk
NNTP-Posting-Host: shift.utell.net
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8
Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39041
In article <334E8A73.30DF@ewa.net>,
Peter Rosser <prosser@ewa.net> writes:
> I am trying to transfer files from a DOS box (I know, I know, but the
> satellite adapter card won't work in unix) to a FreeBSD machine. Does
> anyone know of a way to mount NFS trees on a DOS machine, or mount
> shared DOS directories from FreeBSD? Any help would be appreciated.
You could look for a package called XFS. It's a dos based NFS server.
Alternatively, the CUTCP stuff (Clarkson Uni TCP) is pretty good for
doing straight TCP. They're compatible too. Both use packet drivers.
I havn't mucked aroud with them for a few years, and I forget the URLs.
> Peter Rosser
> prosser@ewa.net
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> "What's a browser?" --An anonymous customer
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !