On 10/21/05, Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:13 AM -0400 10/22/05, Donald Watson wrote: > >Hello Folks, > > > >I am asking for a little help on this one, can't seem to find my > >missing gigabytes. I am setting up a server at home in order to hold > >all my files in one place instead of having them scattered among 3 > >Macs making backups a pain. I have done this before and usually it's > >a no brainer. The server is actually using appletalk to share files > >across an ethernet network to my other machines. The host machine is > >a G3 tan running os 8.1 and since all my ata ports are full, I > >installed a sonnet ata 133 card in order to give myself the extra > >space and a used apple 10 Gb drive. > > > >Reformatted the drive and the system reported 9.4 GB free space. > >Turned on file sharing for that volume and checked from the other > >machines making sure that I could see it before moving all the files > >from the other machines to the new drive. This is where it gets > >hinky; all the other machines can see the new drive but they all > >also report only 1.9 GB free space. I am running a mix of 10.3.8, > >10.2.8, and 9.2.1 on the other Macs. They all report the same thing > >only 1.9 GB free on the drive. > > > >I have done this sort of thing since back in the day with everything > >from Mac SE's on up but this is the first time this has happened. > >I'm thinking this has something to do with the Sonnet card. Has > >anyone had any experience with this? I went to Sonnets site but > >there is no information on this kind of problem. I could ask for > >tech help but this being the weekend they probly won't get back to > >me until Tuesday or Wednesday. I really would like to get this > >running this weekend. > ...
> If you can I'd suggest upgrading the server to 9.1 or better. It > might avoid this problem (I don't know which version fixed this > issue). And you can enable Appleshare over IP which is faster at > file transfers. 9.1 has this issue fixed, yes. But it introduces another issue, basically the reverse of what is happening now only more severe: If you upgrade your server with a larger-than-2GB shared disk to 9.1 or later and you have clients on the network running 7.x or earlier, your client will BOMB and you'll have to restart when you try to connect to the server. This is because, just as older AppleShare servers don't report more than 2GB total space, old AppleShare clients can't handle seeing more than 2GB. With your current setup, it doesn't sound like you'll have any problems since all your clients are running newer OSes. But it's something to keep in mind if you plan on adding a client to your network running 7.x or earlier. BTW, I'm not sure which OS was "fixed" to be able to see more than 2GB on a shared disk and not bomb, it might have been as far back as 7.6.1 but I'm sure the earlier System 7's and earlier were all aflicted. Your only solution in this situation is to re-format the server's shared disk into partitions 2GB or smaller, or downgrade back to an earlier OS which would re-introduce the problem you're having now. You've just got to pick the lesser of two evils. If you never plan on adding a "legacy" system to your network that runs 7.x or earlier, I'd just go ahead and upgrade the server to 9.1 or later. -Nat -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
