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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!worldnet.att.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeeder.servtech.com!news.infi.net!not-for-mail From: Lynn <larmstro@erols.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD Fileserver Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 13:33:01 -0800 Organization: St. Christopher's School Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3344220D.5C63@erols.com> Reply-To: larmstro@erols.com NNTP-Posting-Host: pa4dsp24.richmond.infi.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38504 I'm thinking of using FreeBSD on a fileserver (for remote drive mounting). It needs to serve both IBM compatables and Macs. It will operate either on a TCP/IP or Appletalk network. Print, email, and web serving will also be done, but are secondary. I would like to know whether anyone has used FreeBSD in this role, and if so, with what success. Another issue is with hardware. Does anyone know if I can use EIDE tape drives or EIDE CD-ROM drives with FreeBSD? I have setup a FreeBSD machine before, but it wasn't even networked, so any advice or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Alex Rolfe rolfe@richmond.infi.net