Linux AppleTalk File Share mounting problems

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 21:10 -0700, June Tate wrote:

> Well, NFS and SMB mounts tend to go stale and die off while a Mac is
> asleep. AFP mounts, however, have a sleep state built into the
> protocol, so it's possible for them to stay mounted even though the
> machine is asleep.
> 
> I've been having problems with SMB and NFS mounts not showing up as
> connected when Microcosm wakes up, so I figured using AFP might solve
> the problem with a bit more elegance.
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wow - I would have thought it to be the other way around. My NFS mounts
are the most forgiving mounts I think that I have ever seen - though I
do have to say that I haven't done NFS mounts with OSX
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> 
> > I'm not convinced that 2.0.3 handles some of the changes Apple made in
> > Tiger - I think the release pre-dated the Tiger release.
> 
> Not sure what you're referring as "2.0.3" here. =o)
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netatalk current version is 2.0.3

http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/

I hope that you aren't using some old netatalk deb package like a 1.5.x
or a 1.6.x

Craig