Linux and Macs?

I'm a Macintosh newbie. Can a Linux laptop access the contents of a Mac
OS-9 system with an Ethernet crossover cable? Life would be easier if
OS-X were in use, as I hear it's based on FreeBSD.

--Mike.K

In article <KiK5b.18329$(E-Mail Removed)>,
miKey <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>
> I'm a Macintosh newbie. Can a Linux laptop access the contents of a Mac
> OS-9 system with an Ethernet crossover cable? Life would be easier if
> OS-X were in use, as I hear it's based on FreeBSD.

It can be done in various ways. The way that requires the least extra
software would be to enable the standard MacOS 9 Web server, and use a
Web browser on Linux to access Mac files. This solution provies read-only
access, though, and may be awkward or inadequate for this or other
reasons. Another option would be to install an FTP server. I'm pretty
sure some are available for MacOS 9, but I don't have any names or URLs
handy. Thursby Systems (http://www.thursby.com) makes DAVE, which
provides SMB/CIFS client and server software for MacOS 9. You could use
this with smbclient or smbmount on Linux to provide access to Mac files,
possibly in a fairly seamless file-sharing manner.

--
Rod Smith, (E-Mail Removed)
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux, FreeBSD, and networking

miKey <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> I'm a Macintosh newbie. Can a Linux laptop access the contents of a
> Mac OS-9 system with an Ethernet crossover cable? Life would be
> easier if OS-X were in use, as I hear it's based on FreeBSD.

google for netatalk -- then Linux will speak the Mac filesharing protokoll.
You might have to recompile your kernel to activate the netatalk.

From: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help (2.4 kernel but was there in 2.0 already)

AppleTalk protocol support
CONFIG_ATALK
AppleTalk is the protocol that Apple computers can use to communicate
on a network. If your Linux box is connected to such a network and you
wish to connect to it, say Y. You will need to use the netatalk package
so that your Linux box can act as a print and file server for Macs as
well as access AppleTalk printers. Check out
<http://www.zettabyte.net/netatalk/> on the WWW for details.
EtherTalk is the name used for AppleTalk over Ethernet and the
cheaper and slower LocalTalk is AppleTalk over a proprietary Apple
network using serial links. EtherTalk and LocalTalk are fully
supported by Linux.

General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>. The
NET-3-HOWTO, available from
<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, contains valuable
information as well.



K.-H.

miKey <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> I'm a Macintosh newbie. Can a Linux laptop access the contents of a
> Mac OS-9 system with an Ethernet crossover cable? Life would be
> easier if OS-X were in use, as I hear it's based on FreeBSD.

google for netatalk -- then Linux will speak the Mac filesharing protokoll.
You might have to recompile your kernel to activate the netatalk.

From: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help
(2.4 kernel but was there in 2.0 already)

AppleTalk protocol support
CONFIG_ATALK
AppleTalk is the protocol that Apple computers can use to communicate
on a network. If your Linux box is connected to such a network and you
wish to connect to it, say Y. You will need to use the netatalk package
so that your Linux box can act as a print and file server for Macs as
well as access AppleTalk printers. Check out
<http://www.zettabyte.net/netatalk/> on the WWW for details.
EtherTalk is the name used for AppleTalk over Ethernet and the
cheaper and slower LocalTalk is AppleTalk over a proprietary Apple
network using serial links. EtherTalk and LocalTalk are fully
supported by Linux.

General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>. The
NET-3-HOWTO, available from
<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, contains valuable
information as well.



K.-H.

miKey <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> I'm a Macintosh newbie. Can a Linux laptop access the contents of a
> Mac OS-9 system with an Ethernet crossover cable? Life would be
> easier if OS-X were in use, as I hear it's based on FreeBSD.

google for netatalk -- then Linux will speak the Mac filesharing protokoll.
You might have to recompile your kernel to activate the netatalk.

From: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help (2.4 kernel but was
there in 2.0 already)

AppleTalk protocol support
CONFIG_ATALK
AppleTalk is the protocol that Apple computers can use to communicate
on a network. If your Linux box is connected to such a network and you
wish to connect to it, say Y. You will need to use the netatalk package
so that your Linux box can act as a print and file server for Macs as
well as access AppleTalk printers. Check out
<http://www.zettabyte.net/netatalk/> on the WWW for details.
EtherTalk is the name used for AppleTalk over Ethernet and the
cheaper and slower LocalTalk is AppleTalk over a proprietary Apple
network using serial links. EtherTalk and LocalTalk are fully
supported by Linux.

General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>. The
NET-3-HOWTO, available from
<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, contains valuable
information as well.



K.-H.

miKey <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> I'm a Macintosh newbie. Can a Linux laptop access the contents of a
> Mac OS-9 system with an Ethernet crossover cable? Life would be
> easier if OS-X were in use, as I hear it's based on FreeBSD.

google for netatalk -- then Linux will speak the Mac filesharing protokoll.
You might have to recompile your kernel to activate the netatalk.

From: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help (2.4 kernel but was there in 2.0 already)

AppleTalk protocol support
CONFIG_ATALK
AppleTalk is the protocol that Apple computers can use to communicate
on a network. If your Linux box is connected to such a network and you
wish to connect to it, say Y. You will need to use the netatalk package
so that your Linux box can act as a print and file server for Macs as
well as access AppleTalk printers. Check out
<http://www.zettabyte.net/netatalk/> on the WWW for details.
EtherTalk is the name used for AppleTalk over Ethernet and the
cheaper and slower LocalTalk is AppleTalk over a proprietary Apple
network using serial links. EtherTalk and LocalTalk are fully
supported by Linux.

General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>. The
NET-3-HOWTO, available from
<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, contains valuable
information as well.



K.-H.

miKey <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> I'm a Macintosh newbie. Can a Linux laptop access the contents of a
> Mac OS-9 system with an Ethernet crossover cable? Life would be
> easier if OS-X were in use, as I hear it's based on FreeBSD.

google for netatalk -- then Linux will speak the Mac filesharing protokoll.
You might have to recompile your kernel to activate the netatalk.

From: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help (2.4 kernel but was
there in 2.0 already)

AppleTalk protocol support
CONFIG_ATALK
AppleTalk is the protocol that Apple computers can use to communicate
on a network. If your Linux box is connected to such a network and you
wish to connect to it, say Y. You will need to use the netatalk package
so that your Linux box can act as a print and file server for Macs as
well as access AppleTalk printers. Check out
<http://www.zettabyte.net/netatalk/> on the WWW for details.
EtherTalk is the name used for AppleTalk over Ethernet and the
cheaper and slower LocalTalk is AppleTalk over a proprietary Apple
network using serial links. EtherTalk and LocalTalk are fully
supported by Linux.

General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>. The
NET-3-HOWTO, available from
<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, contains valuable
information as well.



K.-H.