[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] SOSS version 3.2 -- Bigger Buffers

rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun) (05/17/91)

                SOSS Version 3.2 - An NFS server for DOS
                ----------------------------------------

     SOSS is a file server conforming to SUN Microsystems' NFS protocol
     version 2. It will run on IBM-PC compatibles under Microsoft
     MS-DOS, using any Ethernet interface supported by Clarkson
     University's packet drivers.

     Version 3.2 has the following improvements over version 3.1:

	- I/O requests can be up to 1024 bytes long; the old limit
	  was 512.
	- Writing to a file now sets the correct modification time.
	- A filesystem with 0 bytes free can now be mounted.
	- A detailed installation guide has been written.

     It can be used in a standalone environment as a file server for
     DOS or Unix users running client NFS (e.g., Sun PC-NFS), or it can
     be used within a Novell NetWare environment to provide transparent
     access to files on Novell servers via NFS.

     SOSS relies on source code taken from PC/IP, a public-domain TCP/IP
     package developed at CMU and MIT.  It also relies on packet drivers
     collected and distributed by Clarkson University.  These drivers
     allow you to set up a dual-protocol stack, allowing simultaneous
     access to TCP/IP and NetWare using a single Ethernet interface card.
     (They are in a file called drivers.zip on sun.soe.clarkson.edu and
     on many of the same systems which carry SOSS.)

     SOSS is free software.  You may use it within your organization for
     any purpose desired.  You may redistribute it to other organizations,
     provided you do not earn a profit when doing so, that you make source
     code available, and that you abide by the terms of the Gnu General
     Public License (see the file COPYING).

     The following systems currently distribute SOSS via anonymous ftp:

        System                         Directory	Contact
        ------------                   ---------        -------
        spdcc.com			pub/sos		rbraun    (MA)
        sun.soe.clarkson.edu		pub/ka9q	nelson    (NY)
        grape.ecs.clarkson.edu		pub/msdos/tcpip	nelson    (NY)
	cs.ep.utexas.edu		pub/sos		pwesley   (TX)
	garbo.uwasa.fi			pc/connect	hv	  (Finland)
	kirk.bu.oz.au			pub/pc/net/soss	bambi     (Australia)
	nestroy.wu-wien.ac.at		pub/src/PCtcp/soss  mah   (Austria)

      The following system currently distributes SOSS via anonymous uucp or
      via a BBS download:
 
         System		Phone Number	Directory	Contact
         ------------   ------------	---------	-------
         sir-alan.UUCP	812 333 0450	/u/pubdir/SOSS	mikes@iuvax.cs.
							  indiana.edu
  
      For more information on uucp/BBS sites contact the SYSOP directly.

     BITNET access:

	Bitnet sites can access a mail-server called BITFTP@PUCC.BITNET;
	just send a message HELP to that address to get just that (i.e
	help).  Example of a connection to sun.soe.clarkson.edu follows:

	FTP sun.soe.clarkson.edu UUENCODE
	USER anonymous
	CD pub/ka9q
	DIR
	BINARY
	GET driverss.zip
	QUIT

     E-mail retrieval:

	Send mail to archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu with a body
	containing the single word "help".  That works for everybody,
	BITNET, UUCP, whatever.

     Direct modem retrieval:

	You can phone in to grape.ecs.clarkson.edu at (315) 268-6667,
	and download pub/msdos/tcpip/soss.zoo.

     When in doubt:

	Or send $10 for a floppy diskette.  Be sure to say what disk
	density you want.

	Russell Nelson
	11 Grant St.
	Potsdam, NY 13676

     SOSS was written by See-Mong Tan, Harvard Holmes, Craig Eades, and
     Richard Braun.

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