simpson@boa.cis.ohio-state.edu (john simpson) (03/26/91)
Greetings, I've heard that it is possible to use SLIP and PC-NFS to link a MS-DOS machine to a Un*x file system, is this correct? Please forgive any misuse of terminology or ambiguity, I'm new dealing with networks other than as a user. I'd like to have access to files on my Un*x accounts from my PC without having to download them first -- a minimal distributed file system. I've done a bit of digging in some of the archive sites and it looks promising, but I'd like to hear from some people with similar setups before I do much ftp'ing. Here are my basic questions: - What hardware is required? Do I need anything other than a normal modem to get started? - Will PC-NFS and SLIP work with both BSD and System V? - Where can I find the latest versions of PC-NFS and SLIP in public domain/shareware/inexpensive commercial format? - Is there any documentation available via ftp or mailserver that I can access without having to download the full source code (some of the tar'd files are rather large)? - Does anyone else have a similar setup working? What sort of problems did you encounter? Are you satisfied? - Will any other package or combination of packages provide equivalent functionality? Money _is_ an object. The primary goal of this project is to learn more about networking and NFS, so pointers to decent texts on the subject would also be appreciated. My PC is an Epson 386/20 with 2 megs of memory and ~10 megs of free space on the hard drive. I'm running DOS 3.3. The machines I will be connecting to are running Ultrix 3.1 and Sys V R3. Please post to this newsgroup or email to jrs27@cas.bitnet, this account will be shut down in a few days. Thank you, John jrs27@cas.bitnet John R. Simpson