SCEF0003@WSUVM1.CSC.WSU.EDU ("James N. Petersen") (09/29/90)
Is there a public domain version of PC-NFS available? If so, where do I go to get it. Otherwise, are there commercial versions that will work with the Clarkson packet drivers (AT&T StarLAN 10 NAU) that will also allow NCSU telnet, etc to work at the same time? JIm
fks@FTP.COM (Frances Selkirk) (09/29/90)
The packet drivers allow you (under some conditions) to run two different protocol stacks simultaneously. They do not provide a means for running two stacks of the _same_ protocol simultaneously. This is due to the way demultiplexing works. The packet drivers sort packets by type, sending those for Protocol A to the Protocol A stack, and those for Protocol B to the Protocol B Stack. If both stacks are the same protocol (in this case TCP/IP) this will not work. Also, if both stacks are the same protocol, both will need to receive broadcast packets. You will not be able to get a TCP/IP & NFS package that will coexist with NCSA Telnet. Frances Kirk Selkirk info@ftp.com (617) 246-0900 FTP Software, Inc. 26 Princess Street, Wakefield, MA 01880
ljm@MERCURY.TWG.COM (10/02/90)
>Is there a public domain version of PC-NFS available? If so, where >do I go to get it. Otherwise, are there commercial versions that will >work with the Clarkson packet drivers (AT&T StarLAN 10 NAU) that will >also allow NCSU telnet, etc to work at the same time? At this point there is no NFS client for DOS available in the public domain. The NFS clients from Beame and Whiteside, FTP Software, SUN, and Wollongong all support the Clarkson packet drivers (and therefore the AT&T StarLAN 10 NAU), but you'll have to use the telnet from the appropriate vendor instead of NCSA't telnet. enjoy, leo j mclaughlin iii The Wollongong Group ljm@twg.com
sob@tmc.edu (Stan Barber) (10/15/90)
Beware of certain vendors products in the NFS arena. They are not all equal
in supporting basic features. For example, some don't support Sun's rpc.lockd
daemon.
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Barber Opinions expressed are only mine. Baylor College of Medicinesob@tmc.edu (Stan Barber) (10/17/90)
Yes, there have been versions shipped that didn't work. That is not really the point. Anyone running modern version of SunOS (4.0.3 or 4.1) should be able to run a working lock daemon. The real point is that some vendors don't support any form of locking that notifies other potential users of the file that it is locked. This is BAD. Now that this locking protocol has been published by X/Open, it should be much easier to get it right. I hope that various vendors will try. STAN
jbvb@ftp.com ("James B. Van Bokkelen") (10/17/90)
.... For example, some don't support Sun's rpc.lockd daemon. There have also been numerous versions of rpc.lockd shipped by Sun which didn't work in the first place. James B. VanBokkelen 26 Princess St., Wakefield, MA 01880 FTP Software Inc. voice: (617) 246-0900 fax: (617) 246-0901
karl@naitc.naitc.com (Karl Denninger) (10/19/90)
In article <9010171443.AA00942@tmc.edu> sob@tmc.edu (Stan Barber) writes: >Yes, there have been versions shipped that didn't work. That is not really >the point. Anyone running modern version of SunOS (4.0.3 or 4.1) should be >able to run a working lock daemon. > >The real point is that some vendors don't support any form of locking that >notifies other potential users of the file that it is locked. This is BAD. > >Now that this locking protocol has been published by X/Open, it should be >much easier to get it right. I hope that various vendors will try. > >STAN Of course, Sun is still shipping distribution 4.1 tapes with a broken rpc.lockd, and they don't tell you about the bug until you scream at them and/or buy a service contract. Considering that they know darn well that the stock version is broken (it drives the kernel out of resources and blows up) I consider this "omission" to be a real problem. Their >new< and >improved< rpc.lockd still isn't solid - it has a habit of dying (ie: exiting) which REALLY screws things up -- as in locks up every process which has a file open on the machine which exited. -- Karl Denninger AC Nielsen kdenning@ksun.naitc.com (708) 317-3285 Disclaimer: Contents represent opinions of the author; I do not speak for AC Nielsen on Usenet.
CLS016@vaxc.bangor.ac.uk ("Edmund J. Sutcliffe ") (11/26/90)
Some time ago there was a lot of talk about a PD NFS client. Is this so, if so where can I get the source from. Secondly, I have a question about running NFS over the packet drivers, I have just picked up a copy of compat.zip from sun.soe.clarkson.edu which contains PKTD.SYS. When I place this in my config.sys as advised by the docuemntation, I get a message saying BAD or MISSING CON then the machine hangs. I have no autoexec.bat and am running DOS3.3 on a 286 box with the neat chip set. All help gratefully recived Edmund