Re: [K12OSN] K12ltsp & Mac OS9

[Jim Hays <haysja sages us>]

Set up Appletalk (Netatalk) on the LTSP server.  (Pretty easy with K12LTSP 3 or
4).  Set up a shared Appletalk directory.  

It really depends on what you want to happen.  To backup crucial files from the
OS9 machines, set up an Appletalk shared directory on the LTSP version and write
an AppleScript program to connect to the directory and copy the files.  

or

Share the directory on the client and write a scrip on the server to connect to
the client and copy the files.  This script could be run as a cron job.

Either should work.

(We are connecting OS9 clients to a K12LTSP server via atalk.  It works well for
us.)




Quoting norbert <bear2bar netscape net>:

> Hi
> 
> Is there a simple way to have Mac OS9 machines (fat clients) exchange 
> files with thin x86 clients ? (Mac OS-X is easy via NFS)
> What would be a good back-up solution to a hybrid network of x86 thin 
> clients, Mac OS-X & Mac OS9 fat clients ?
> 
> I know that I can setup a cron job to retrieve the files from the 
> K12ltsp server and probably the OS-X machine but what do I do with the 
> OS9 units ????
> 
> thanks
> norbert
> 


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Jim Hays
Technology Director
Monticello CUSD#25
Monticello, IL  61856
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