RE: [WinMac] Use NT as a storage for Mac
Pierce, Ian(PierceI[at]stripes.osd.mil)
Thu, 31 Dec 1998 18:42:55 -0500
here's what you're up against:
You need NT server to install Services for Macintosh. Services for
Macintosh lets you install the AppleTalk protocol on the NT server, and
allows you to create a MacFile volume on an NTFS (not FAT) partition.
MacFIle volumes work pretty well, SFM works pretty well, but both have their
shortcomings. For what you have in mind, NT Server running SFM should
suffice.
If you choose to put your Mac files on your NT Workstation box and access
them via FTP, NT will not retain the file type and creator information for
Mac files. When you "download" them from the NT box onto your Mac, the file
type will be "text" and the creator will be "LMAN" (i.e. LAN Manager). This
causes problems, since a Get Info on the mac will see everything as a "PC
Document."
You CAN get around this by Stuffing all files; Stuffit is smart enough to
UnStuff any file with .sit on the end (same for .bin or .hqx) however this
adds extra steps to your process.
Now, I have no idea what MacDrive 98 will do for you, so my comments really
only adress the first part of your question. But I can say that the "server
IP address" option in the Chooser will NOT allow you to mount an NT volume
-- it will time out and not connect at all.
ian *kung hei fat choi*
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Changhsu Liu [mailto:cpl874@optimum.com]
>Sent: Thursday, December 31, 1998 6:16 PM
>To: winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu
>Subject: [WinMac] Use NT as a storage for Mac
>
>
>I just got a 13GB IDE HD for Windows. SCSI HD is much more
>expensive and my
>Mac is short on space. I'm thinking maybe I should buy a
>ethernet card for
>PC and install NT server and use maybe one partition for Mac
>application,
>documents. How easy is it to do this? Are there any caveats in
>doing this?
>
>I currently am running NT4 (not the server version) plus
>Win98. I also have
>MacDrive 98 and it has an option to format HD as Mac HD. Will
>I be able to
>format a IDE partition and network 2 machines and have Mac
>recognize the
>partition as Mac drive?
>
>Thanks for any suggestions,
>
>Happy New Year!
>
>
>Changhsu Liu
>cpl874@optimum.com
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