Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Backup Solutions?
From: Thompson Freeman (tfreeman@tfreeman.vnet.net)
Date: Wed Aug 04 1999 - 22:24:56 EDT
Thankyou both for the URL's and the quick response. This is turning into a
"roll your own" kind of exercise, but the pieces seem to be available at
least!
On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Matthew Keller wrote:
> Thompson Freeman wrote:
> >
> > With the beginning of school, I should really start backing up the
> > children's Mac. Unfortuantely for me, the only tape system in the house is
> > on my Linux box.
> >
> > What I would like is an open source client/server system (or something
> > really really cheap) to back the Mac up on the tape drive. Is there such a
> > beast, or am I getting into a real "roll your own" situation? Also, is it
> > possible to mount/share the Mac disk on the Linux box. I've heard of a
> > program to do so, but have not been able to locate a source or name.
>
> The below URL points to an HFS kernel patch for linux to allow LOCAL
> mac disks to be mounted/read.
> http://www-sccm.stanford.edu/Students/hargrove/HFS/
>
> The below URL is to a product called AFPFS which allows you linux box
> to browse/communicate on an AppleTalk network. It can mount remote mac
> shares and all that good stuff. It does not work well with the 2.1.x or
> 2.2.x kernel, however.
> http://thehamptons.com/anders/netatalk/mirror/afpfs-1.0b1.tar.gz
>
> The below URL is a "pre-alpha" version of AFPFS that "works" under
> 2.2.x. I have found it fairly stable, but the author cautions its use.
> http://www.panix.com/~dfoster/afpfs
>
>
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>
> - Matthew Keller -
> Lead Programmer/Analyst
> Distributed Computing and Telemedia
> State University of New York at Potsdam
>
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