Strange File Server Problem

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that quote only deals with discs that are attached to a mac. it has nothing to do with networking.

 

so then something must be wrong then? i mean the MAC could see nothing or the NTFS parition?

 

let's assume you were right all along, then what you said just now still wouldn't make sense. you said that the mac were ntfs-read, so they should have been able to at least see something on the ntfs partition. right?

 

I presume this is when the disk is directly mounted. Not true otherwise.

Yes you can - it is just a limitation of the drive manager in Win2k/XP. Use a 3rd party system and you can have much more.

Again - this assumes a direct connection - not true via a network.

Please - are you trying to connect physical directly? Or via a network - it makes a *major* difference!

Harry.

 

Not if this is via a network - this changes all the rules.

Harry.

 

Ken said it all in post number 8

You need *Services for Macintosh* installed on a Windows server and bobs your uncle.

From Ken's first link..

 

Wow! What a thread! Loads of great information in here!

 

so the MAC should be able to to use the NTFS parition to write to if all the protocols are installed?

 

yes, but you need to see it from the right perspective. to the mac it is not an ntfs partition. to the mac it's a network share. only the server knows it's an ntfs partition, and only for the server is this a relevant detail.

 

no i understand that totally d but im trying to think what went wrong yesterday and the MAC didnt see the share. ill soon find out!

 

You set-up is very similar to the one in my old school - Mac clients and win2000 servers, worked seamlessly no pain at all

have you actually shared it? are they really networked - ping test...etc...?

I'm not sure if this is part of your problem, but it may have to do with permission settings........ntfs and share permissions - I remember I had to add everyone read/write to the ntfs permission so that it allows access via the network......these permissions are accumulated in a way that the most restrictive one wins....so need to check that as well

FYI I have a fat32 hard drive formatted to support 200GB so the 32GB limitation was and will never be a problem.

as a lot of people have pointed out, it's protocol that needs to be checked and not file systems - the same way you can connect to a linux/mac website server or ftp server with your old windows clients.... as long as you can connect, it rocks

Good luck, it will work, just keep trying.