Re: [WinMac] Use NT as a storage for Mac

Bruce Johnson(johnson[at]Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU)
Sun, 03 Jan 1999 08:33:05 -0700

Changhsu Liu wrote:
>
> >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.

Snip

> Do you mean I cannot mount NT from chooser and use it as a Mac server? Can
> Mac applications (on NT) on it show up as the right icon and file type,
> etc? I don't quite understand it. The last paragraph seems to contradict
> the first paragraph. What does services for Mac do?

The difference between the first and last paragraphs was that SFM is _not_
running in the second case.

If you have SFM running, then you go to chooser and mount the Mac volumes just
as with an AS server.

If you _don't_ have SFM running, your options are limited to either running
DAVE (making the Mac use WinNT networking), PC Maclan (making the PC run
Appletalk) or using FTP, and stuffing everything.

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