Xref: utzoo comp.windows.ms:6885 comp.dcom.lans:6424 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!kxb From: kxb@math.ksu.edu (Karl Buck) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Networking Windows with Unix: NFS or SMB? Message-ID: <1990Nov4.192051.24858@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> Date: 4 Nov 90 19:20:51 GMT References: <272306AE.4A46@tct.uucp> <2731987C.29594@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Sender: news@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu (The News Guru) Organization: Kansas State University Lines: 40 beame@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Carl Beame) writes: >In article <272306AE.4A46@tct.uucp> chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) writes: >>Possible solution #1: >>I understand that FTP's NFS and Sun's PC-NFS will work with Windows >>3.0; if not, please let us know! Then the NFS support for Unix can >>be purchased from the Unix vendor. >> > I don't know about FTP's NFS, but Sun's PC-NFS does not work >properly under Windows 3.0. BWNFS from Beame & Whiteside Software works >correctly under Windows 3.0 I'm using Sun's PC-NFS and windows 3.0 together with no problems. You do have to know a few tricks to get it to run though. First you should get win3-nfs.zip from cica.cica.indiana.edu under the /pub/pc/win3/misc directory. This program will invalidate any drives that are not being used directly by windows or nfs (see the read.me file). this should be placed int your autoexec.bat or a batch file you use to run windows. Next make sure that your printer is set up correctly. You should configure the printer so it prints to lpt1.os2 or lpt2.os2 which ever is applicable to your case. The ".os2 options are way at the bottom and easy to miss. I have printed to a hp laserjet series II with a poscript cartridge with no problems for quite some time now. I have heard that people are using the bundled file manager with PC-NFS with no problems but I much prefer using either Command Post (I've also been experimenting with Click!) which is a shareware program also available at cica under the util directory. I find this file manager while not as pretty is much faster and more adaptable to special situations. Have I forgotten anything? Well, if I have I'm sure others will let you know. Good luck. :^) --Karl -- 731 Moro popeye@matt.ksu.ksu.edu kxb@hilbert.math.ksu.edu Manhattan, KS 66502 popeye@ksuvm.ksu.edu kxb@einstein.mpccl.ksu.edu (913)537-3666 kxb@phobos.cis.ksu.edu