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Re: help needed -- A2SERVER (netatalk) for NAS

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On Feb 6, 3:49 am, Ivan X <i...@ivanx.com> wrote:
> On Feb 2, 8:29 am, Steven Hirsch <snhir...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Where are you getting the netatalk sources?  If it's the upstream tarball, you
> > might want to grab the Ubuntu source deb and pick through the various patches
> > they apply to the build.  Something in there may need to be ported over.
>
> I took a look at this angle, but I don't think it's going to bear
> fruit because I don't use any of the Ubuntu or Debian source debs for
> the A2SERVER VM -- it compiles and works on Debian (and Ubuntu) x86
> from the distribution tarball at netatalk.sourceforge.net.
>
> Western Digital do provide source code for the NAS, but the Netatalk
> parts of it (which are provided for Mac OS X users) appear to be
> identical to the Netatalk distribution source. I know that WD have
> modified it, because it generates a file called AppleVolumes.shares
> whenever Netatalk starts up, which is based on whatever shares you
> have configured through the NAS GUI, and that file is what is paid
> attention to, not AppleVolumes.default. So it's possible they made
> other modifications to make Netatalk work right at all, and also
> possible they didn't include those changes in their posted source
> code.
>
> > It's actually good in a way that both Macs and A2s are having problems - means
> > it's something common and perhaps easier to find.
>
> Agreed, though I think I'm in over my head at this point in terms of
> being able to actually find it.
>
> On Feb 3, 5:39 am, Geoff Body <gbo...@bigpond.com> wrote:
>
> > Ivan
> > are you able to get an Ethernet packet capture I could look at?
>
> Possibly. Should I be looking from the LocalTalk side, with that
> utility you sent me, or from the Ethernet side? If the latter, what
> might you suggest I use and can you provide any pointers? I've used
> tcpdump before but we're not talking about TCP here so if you had a
> specific idea I'll use it, otherwise I'll futz with tshark or
> something.
>
> Thanks guys.

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help needed -- A2SERVER (netatalk) for NAS Ivan X <ivan@ivanx.com> - 2012-01-31 04:08 -0800
  Re: help needed -- A2SERVER (netatalk) for NAS Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-02 08:29 -0500
  Re: help needed -- A2SERVER (netatalk) for NAS Geoff Body <gbody4@bigpond.com> - 2012-02-03 02:39 -0800
    Re: help needed -- A2SERVER (netatalk) for NAS Ivan X <ivan@ivanx.com> - 2012-02-05 08:49 -0800
      Re: help needed -- A2SERVER (netatalk) for NAS Geoff Body <gbody4@bigpond.com> - 2012-02-05 12:27 -0800
      Re: help needed -- A2SERVER (netatalk) for NAS Geoff Body <gbody4@bigpond.com> - 2012-02-05 12:31 -0800
        Re: help needed -- A2SERVER (netatalk) for NAS Ivan X <ivan@ivanx.com> - 2012-02-05 21:55 -0800
          Re: help needed -- A2SERVER (netatalk) for NAS Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2012-02-06 23:08 -0600

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