HELP Networking Sun<==>NeXt

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2 total messages Started by Ron Ueberschaer Tue, 10 Nov 1992 03:28

#1231

Author: Ron Ueberschaer
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 03:28

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What are the tricks for doing the following routine networking
functions between Sun and Next machines?:

	1) Adding a print queue on the Sun to access the Next
	   printer (Netinfo ignores printcap)

	2) Mounting Next 4.3 filesystems on the Sun
	   (Sun doesn't know what 4.3 is)

	3) Mounting Sun 4.2 filesystems on the Next
	   (Next doesn't think filesystem exists)

I've been able to do these types of things among Suns, SGIs
and HPs.  But the Next is truly a challenge.

A pint of stout to the first helpful reply :-)

 
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Re: HELP Networking Sun<==>NeXt

#1239

Author: Eric P. Scott
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 08:30

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In article <40356@unix.SRI.COM> ubi@unix.sri.com
	(Ron Ueberschaer) writes:
>What are the tricks for doing the following routine networking
>functions between Sun and Next machines?:
>
>	1) Adding a print queue on the Sun to access the Next
>	   printer (Netinfo ignores printcap)

Just follow the Sun documentation, but for the rp= value specify
Local_Printer (not lp).

>	2) Mounting Next 4.3 filesystems on the Sun
>	   (Sun doesn't know what 4.3 is)
>
>	3) Mounting Sun 4.2 filesystems on the Next
>	   (Next doesn't think filesystem exists)

4.2 and 4.3 are only used with locally-attached drives.  You
cannot unplug a SCSI drive from a NeXT or Sun, plug it into
the other, and use it.  The problem stems from incompatible
disk labels, even though the filesystems themselves have the
same format.  You can NFS-mount in either direction, however
(specifying "nfs" instead of "4.2" or "4.3").

>I've been able to do these types of things among Suns, SGIs
>and HPs.  But the Next is truly a challenge.

Not!

					-=EPS=-

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