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Xref: sserve comp.os.msdos.apps:10654 comp.os.msdos.misc:14384 comp.os.386bsd.questions:4281 comp.os.linux:51628 comp.os.misc:2364 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!cats.ucsc.edu!buhrow From: buhrow@cats.ucsc.edu (Brian Buhrow) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux,comp.os.misc Subject: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATIVES FOR PC-NFS BESIDES SUN'S OFFERING Date: 6 Aug 1993 02:27:50 GMT Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz Lines: 17 Distribution: world Message-ID: <23sfj6INN2ju@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: hobbes.ucsc.edu Keywords: Unix, NFS, client, server, Sun, anti-Sun I was recently asked to evaluate the various ways of connecting a collection of IBM compatibles together. We can use Novell, but I was also considering using a Unix nfs file server with PC-NFS clients running on the pc's. Would this scenario provide the same functionality with respect to file access as a Novell server? That is, can you make the network drive look like a local drive to the pc (g:, etc.)? What about MS-DOS nfs clients? Are there nfs client programs out there besides Sun's PC-NFS which, at last check, ran for $250.00, or there abouts, a station? Please e-mail any responses to: buhrow@cats.ucsc.edu as I don't have time to read all of these groups. Thank you very much in advance for any light anyone can shed on these questions. If interest develops from others, I'll summarize the results. -Brian