Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 18:03:15 +0100 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: Panna <brocken22@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OSX and Freebsd : what could be a good setup Message-ID: <406D9CD3.1050905@circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <406D3128.3060907@gmx.de> References: <406D3128.3060907@gmx.de>
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Panna wrote: > I've purchased a new emac with OSX 10.3. > It's soon to arrive and so I'm thinking about a good way of > interacting the emac - which will be my main desktop - with my 5.2.1 > server. > Until now I used a windows laptop with xp and the files where shared > with samba. > So I thought that using an unixoid os would bring some advantages :-) > I think that I'll use hfs+ on the emac. > I've read about the hfs and hfs+ port but I doesn't want to take a risk. > > The freebsd server should act as mail and news-server and also as file > server. > Do I have to put the data on a fat32-slice? No. > If I setup a nfs-mount on the freebsd server and copy data from OSX to > it, is the data readable from Freebsd without the hfs port? Yes. A computer only needs filesystem support for drives that are physically mounted in it. When two machines talk across a network, they transfer data using network protocols, not mutual filesystem support. But it might also be worth considering installing the net/netatalk port. That way, the mac will be able to mount a network share on its desktop and you'll be able to use it just like the local hard drive. PWR.
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