Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 14:28:08 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Josh Poellot <jpoellot@interaccess.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newbe question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980330142607.24859D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <003601bd59d7$cacfd220$466295cc@interaccess.com.com>
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On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Josh Poellot wrote: > I am a current Windows user who knows a fair amount about computers and > the ms-dos/windows os. I am considering switching some of my machines > to FreeBSD, but I would like to know if FreeBSD supports file/print > serving for Windows based PC's. From what I have read I think it does, > but I would like to be sure. If it does, what networking services need > to be installed on the Windows (95/98) PC's? Install and setup samba from the ports tree. Samba provides Windows Networking-style server access to the FreeBSD box. You'll have to set up the FreeBSD box to print first, but that isn't too difficult with the Handbook on your side. You can use Samba to serve files, too. > also - does FreeBSD support Iomega Bernoulli devices? I have an older > Bernoulli 90 with the SCSI adapter that came with it (PC-90?), which I > would like to be able to use under FreeBSD. I don't know about the SCSI controller but the drive itself is. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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