Netatalk uses a non standard port for appleshare, some linux distros will block this port by default once routing is made active, check this if you have installed netatalk and it doesn't work after reading everything plus your best efforts.
Netatalk uses the standard port for AppleTalk over TCP/IP, it just isn't a port number that the automated firewall scripts take into account. I want to make sure it didn't sound like netatalk was doing something non-standard, because it does adhere to networking standards.
Hmm, for a mac udp/tcp 548 is a standard port for appletalk, for the other 95% of the computer firewalls its non standard. I realize Angus is running RH7.2 and have no idea how shorewall is configured or if its even installed by default when using a lintel box as a router.
My last MDK config required several entries to allow basic file sharing services just accross the lan. Rather frustrating as I tend to look elsewhere for the problem.
Best? Yellow dog has all the eye candy a mac user would be used to, I prefer Mandrake which is a little harder to install but worth the effort without getting to deep. Debain or Suse and we start getting a bit geeky for a newish user.
And for a really rough experience, there is a PPC version of Fedora. Not that Fedora is in some way bad, but the PPC version is missing things like, um, an installer ;) I am commiting pretty heavily to Fedora Core, migrating all our x86 servers to Fedora Core, and starting a deployment of ~10 Fedora Core desktops for our sales/CSR staff.
Sounds like fun.
Being just a end user, I'm interested in the newer on-cd distros such as Koppix or Mandrake mobile which will load into and run from ram, one for macs would be a bonus without the need to install a second OS.
The last 3 of these are pc/mac distros which is another reason I prefer MDK to YDL
YDL is based on RedHat, I use the same source RPMS for updates to all our servers, x86 or PPC. Except for the kernel SRPMS, of course.
It sounds like the standard 2.6 kernel compiles and is usable for PPC without patches now, so I might be able to use the same kernel RPMS across platforms.
As is Mandrake, mdk-ppc runs BenH 2.6.3 to 2.6.5 but this is all cooker stuff. YDL is a very nice to look at desktop, I have never stuck with it long enough to offer a better opinion, Mdk handles the old beige with its voodoo card much better and has a very complete installer (sorta). Having the same desktop and features on both mac and pc was also a bonus which helped at times.
One pc running mdk can now run sheepsaver and OS8.6. :)
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