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  • From: Sheldon Isaac <sisaac AT netaxs.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] BL3 computer to BL2 computer with nfs
  • Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 20:09:12 -0400 (EDT)

On Sat, 22 May 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

Sheldon said:
> > You'd been saying that nfs takes a lot of disk space, and that
> > mcserv might be smaller.
>
> mcserv is smaller and simpler than nfs:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> nfs needs: rpc.portmap rpc.mountd rpc.nfsd /etc/exports
> mcserv needs: rpc.portmap
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> However, you can do a lot more with nfs. mcserv only works with mc.
> nfs can be used with anything (because it actually mounts the remote
> filesystem on the local filesystem).

Sheldon said:
> > last fall you pointed out to someone that nfs was a relatively
> > compact way, compared with ?? (I forgot what the other ways were)
>
> I think we were comparing nfs with ftp. ftp is more difficult to
> configure, and it provides only limited interaction between the
> remote and local filesystems. All things considered, nfs is the
> best option.

Thanks again, Steven!

I'm doing this in a half-assed way, until I get more knowledgable (sp).

I did ppp-on to my ISP, and then telnet unix5.netaxs.com

Am using their pine e-mail program for this reply

Sheldon






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