>> > 3. Create a working client solution (client, gateway, samba setup,
>> > anything) for Win2k & similar
>
>I could tell you how far Phil got over the summer, but someone would
>have to kill you. In any case, we have some licensing issues to resolve
>before we can make any claims in this area.
I'll tell you how far I got over the summer! And yes, there are some issues
that need to get worked on before the work becomes available .... but
here is what happened:
I started with the work done by Peter Braam a couple of years ago and
in the last two summers have produced a working kernel module for Win2k
and NT. I have verified both versions. There are still a couple of known
bugs and some reported problems I have not been able to duplicate. (It
is currently know to have problems with VC++ 6.0.) It has been working well
with the Office suite.
To give you a summary of some of the features:
a) It requires cygwin for venus.
b) It does have a single .exe distribution that installs Coda.
The distribution also includes a link to cygwin so you can
install cygwin as part of the Coda installation.
c) It uses a 3rd party File System Development Kit. (This is where
we are working on getting final distribution issues concluded.)
d) It looks like a local disk in Explorer with the name "Coda".
e) Under cygwin, coda is accessed like under UNIX(tm) ... /coda/....
f) clog, cunlog, cfs, ... are all available under cygwin.
g) venus can run as a service so venus can survive across login/logouts.
and finally ...
h) It is labelled as ALPHA quality software!
I hope it will become available for alpha distribution by sometime early
2002.
Any questions?
--Phil
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Phil Nelson NetBSD: http://www.netbsd.org
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Coda: http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu
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