Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!pprg.unm.edu!topgun!mustang!nntp-server.caltech.edu!eeyore!anthony From: anthony@eeyore.caltech.edu (Lawrence Anthony) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: Cayman GatorBox questions Message-ID: <1990Oct20.084809.18120@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Date: 20 Oct 90 08:48:09 GMT References: <9010191653.AA19825@saba.Cayman.COM> Sender: news@nntp-server.caltech.edu Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 18 Nntp-Posting-Host: eeyore.caltech.edu In article <9010191653.AA19825@saba.Cayman.COM> josh@CAYMAN.COM (Josh Littlefield) writes: > >Actually, if you have GatorShare you _don't_ need an NFS client on >your mac. The GatorBox can provide AppleShare/NFS services to any >Macintosh on the AppleTalk network. For EtherTalk macs this means >they don't need to add MacTCP -- or anything else -- to their Mac. > does gatorshare or any other software allow you set up your mac as an nfs server? in particular, i would like to be able to export the hard disk on my mac (which is on localtalk) and be able to nfsmount it on my ethernetted unix box. among other things, it would be trivial to backup (tar) the mac disks onto 4mm dat drive of the unix box. is such a scenario possible? (a gatorbox serves as the localtalk-to- ethernet bridge.) thanks in advance. lawrence