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>> > 3. Create a working client solution (client, gateway, samba setup, >> > anything) for Win2k & similar > >I could tell you how far Phil got over the summer, but someone would >have to kill you. In any case, we have some licensing issues to resolve >before we can make any claims in this area. I'll tell you how far I got over the summer! And yes, there are some issues that need to get worked on before the work becomes available .... but here is what happened: I started with the work done by Peter Braam a couple of years ago and in the last two summers have produced a working kernel module for Win2k and NT. I have verified both versions. There are still a couple of known bugs and some reported problems I have not been able to duplicate. (It is currently know to have problems with VC++ 6.0.) It has been working well with the Office suite. To give you a summary of some of the features: a) It requires cygwin for venus. b) It does have a single .exe distribution that installs Coda. The distribution also includes a link to cygwin so you can install cygwin as part of the Coda installation. c) It uses a 3rd party File System Development Kit. (This is where we are working on getting final distribution issues concluded.) d) It looks like a local disk in Explorer with the name "Coda". e) Under cygwin, coda is accessed like under UNIX(tm) ... /coda/.... f) clog, cunlog, cfs, ... are all available under cygwin. g) venus can run as a service so venus can survive across login/logouts. and finally ... h) It is labelled as ALPHA quality software! I hope it will become available for alpha distribution by sometime early 2002. Any questions? --Phil -- Phil Nelson NetBSD: http://www.netbsd.org e-mail: phil@cs.wwu.edu Coda: http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu http://cs.wwu.edu/faculty/nelsonReceived on 2001-11-13 12:10:49