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From: krowitz@RICHTER.MIT.EDU (David Krowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Integrating Apollo into Sun NFS
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Date: 14 Jun 88 19:58:50 GMT
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Good question ... we never tried using executable files ... by the
way, the SUN PC-NFS implementation comes with its own PCNFSD server
which you compile with your C compiler and run as the server for
the PC. You don't use the normal NFSD for the PC (even on a Sun running
as the server for the PC). We're now using the DPCI-RING software to
connect our PC's to the Apollos, so I can't really test it out (we
changed our ethernet cabling scheme from thin ethernet to the real
stuff and don't have transceivers for the PC's). If I remember 
correctly, the PCNFSD server does no file conversion as the file is
transfered from the PC to the server (Apollo, Sun, or whatever), unlike
the DPCI software which will convert ascii files from the MS-DOS format
(CR-LF at the end of each line) to the Apollo/Unix format (LF at the
end of each line). If this is correct, then the PC should have no
trouble storing executable files on the server.


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