I would probably use Unix or Linux on the Dell instead of Windows.
Microsoft has an annoying habit of periodically doing little things to
SMB that change how it plays with non-M$ systems; leaving them out of
the equation might promote stability.
--Bill.
On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 21:05 -0500, Javier Ornelas wrote:
> I have a lab that is made up of 3 Mac’s that aren’t networked together
> at this time, but would like to use a new Dell PC as a fileserver for
> all 3 Mac’s. Anyone have any advice for setting this up? The Mac’s
> are about 1 year old (PowerPC’s) running OSX (10.4.x) The Dell is
> brand new. They were thinking of using Folder Share, but were asking
> if this is the best way to go without spending much money. If
> software is needed for this to happen, they are willing to purchase
> it.
>
> Thanks,
> Javier Ornelas
>
> MSU Health Information Technology
>
>
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