Re: Linux-MacOS Ethernet Crossover - text version
Umm, Tomas, you didn't need to move over to the netatalk list. All you had to do is 'urpmi netatalk' on the Linux box, and use it. Maybe read some of the included docs to refine the setup as needed. You're making this stuff a lot more complicated than it needs to be. The work has aleady been done for you. -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
Linux-MacOS Ethernet Crossover - text version
Daouda, Before I give you verbose background, let me ask you a simple question. When I click on *Connection** *in* Rfbdrake 0.8.2* the window disappears. Does that mean a failure or a success? At the highest level I am developing Java applications on MacOS 10.2 using a PowerBook G4. I am using Bamboo on a PowerBook G3 for deployment of these Java apps. I prefer the GNU license. For each release from MacOS to Bamboo, rather burning a CD, I would like for Bamboo to connect to the Mac and grab the new release with a drag and drop operation. The PowerBook G3 had MacOS 8.6 on it, until two weeks ago when I overwrote it with Bamboo. In the previous configuration, the 10.2 to 8.6 ethernet crossover worked great. MacOS 8.6 was the server with MacOS 10.2 as the client. When I connected from 10.2 to 8.6, I would login as *guest *and the icon for the harddrive on 8.6 would pop-up on my desktop. Draging and dropping was a breeze. Turning on *file sharing* on 8.6 was a requirement. In the new configuration I am swapping the client/server relationship. I have discovered that with 10.2 as a server I also have to turn on *internet sharing*. The way I determined this was by observing the ethernet connecting during Bamboo boot. With *internet sharing* *off** *there is a long delay. With it *on *there is a short delay, as if some kind of connection was made. Any information that you can give about releasing Java applications from MacOS to Bamboo over the ethernet crossover would be appreciated. I would like for the icon for the harddrive on MacOS to pop-up on my Bamboo desktop. Thanks, Tomás Taylor, Austin, Texas _ Note: Linux knows about HFS but doesn't know about HFS+. I have a 4GB partition in HFS file format on the G4. I might have to connect to this second partition? My third 16GB partition is empty, waiting for a posible dual boot system. If I went ahead and installed Bamboo in this third partition of the G4, then I could configure a Bamboo-to-Bamboo ethernet and maybe drag and drop releases from the HFS partition to Bamboo on the G3. (I would just put my Java projects in the HFS partition to begin with.) ___ Final Questions: Is there a way on a G4 Bamboo boot to configure the ethernet as a server rather than a client? Or after booting to perform this configuation? In MacOS 10.2 I just turn *internet sharing **on *to configure the G4 as a server. On the G4 Bamboo could I just use the *server* option in *Rfbdrake 0.8.2? *Which Bamboo would I boot up first?
Re: Linux-MacOS Ethernet Crossover - text version
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Tomas Taylor wrote: Daouda, Before I give you verbose background, let me ask you a simple question. When I click on *Connection** *in* Rfbdrake 0.8.2* the window disappears. Does that mean a failure or a success? I suspect you won't get an answer from daouda. The rest of the Mandrake developers have little interest in PPC. At the highest level I am developing Java applications on MacOS 10.2 using a PowerBook G4. I am using Bamboo on a PowerBook G3 for deployment of these Java apps. I prefer the GNU license. For each release from MacOS to Bamboo, rather burning a CD, I would like for Bamboo to connect to the Mac and grab the new release with a drag and drop operation. As I thought I tried to tell you before, your cleanest solution is to run netatalk on the linux box, and drop the files their from the MacOS machine. Either that or run an nfs server on the MacOS box and mount it in Linux. Unless I'm confused about rfbdrake and vnc (I use vnc fairly often), it's not going to do any file moving for you. It gives you remote control of the desktop on another machine. The PowerBook G3 had MacOS 8.6 on it, until two weeks ago when I overwrote it with Bamboo. In the previous configuration, the 10.2 to 8.6 ethernet crossover worked great. MacOS 8.6 was the server with MacOS 10.2 as the client. When I connected from 10.2 to 8.6, I would login as *guest *and the icon for the harddrive on 8.6 would pop-up on my desktop. Draging and dropping was a breeze. Turning on *file sharing* on 8.6 was a requirement. netatalk on the Llinux machine gives identical functionality as this Final Questions: Is there a way on a G4 Bamboo boot to configure the ethernet as a server rather than a client? Or after booting to perform this configuation? In MacOS 10.2 I just turn *internet sharing **on *to configure the G4 as a server. On the G4 Bamboo could I just use the *server* option in *Rfbdrake 0.8.2? *Which Bamboo would I boot up first? I think someone told you before. There really isn't any distinction between client and server. Any linux machine can run server apps, and still function as a client to another machine. -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
