At 11:38 PM -0700 10/21/05, Nat Hall wrote:
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.
I think (guess really) that the AppleShare client update (3.something
I think) may fix this. It does add ASIP (AppleShare over IP) support
for earlier OSes.
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.
Or setup a single partition of 2Gb or create a disk image of that
size (avoids partitioning)
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.
I'll have to fool around with this as I have stuff dating back to
7.5.5 and up to 10.3.
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Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting
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