Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 10:44:22 -0400 (EDT) From: jlrobins@castor.uncc.edu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: AFS support? Message-ID: <9510241444.AA03030@castor.uncc.edu.uncc.edu>
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Any plans for AFS support in -current anytime soon? I'm building a multi-platform network for the dept. of Comp. Science here at UNCC, and being able to make use of the existing AFS servers on campus would be a *big* win. We've got SGI indigo 2's and various Sparcs running (ugh god help me) Soalris 2.4. I'd love to convince the department that a student lab composed of higher end pentiums + FreeBSD + WNT or W95 (they want M$ apps as well -- can't fight that) would be a much better idea than Solaris on SS5's or bigger machines. The cost / performance + stability ratio is simply staggering. You have no idea how expensive a truecolor capable Sparc display is, esp. when you look at a $450 *fast* PCI card plus AccelX + OpenGL extensions. I'm even willing to shell out some personal cash to see this happen. I know that Linux has AFS support, and I heard somewhere that NetBSD does, so I can't see why some hungry hacker couldn't snarf up the netbsd code and go to town. Any takers? Thanks, James James Robinson Phone: (704) 547-4876 Department of Computer Science FAX: (704) 547-3516 UNC Charlotte email: jlrobins@uncc.edu Charlotte, NC 28223-0001 System Administrator
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