Re: netatalk, ubuntu, and netboot

[Ivan X <ivanxqz@yahoo.com>]

> Really glad to see more folks using this.  I hacked in the original AFP "short
> name" support and A2 authentication code over ten years ago and until recently
> was wondering if Marsha and I were the only folks who ever used it.

Really glad you're still responding to "support" for it. Once I get the the
hang of all the ins and outs of it, I plan to write about it in a future
issue of Juiced.GS.

My ultimate goal is to see if I can get to the point where I can use a NAS
as a host (it's already possible to use netatalk on the NAS I have, but I
have to somehow get AppleTalk into its Linux kernel for Apple II support;
any volunteer to help me do this? I've never compiled a Linux kernel).

And, if I can do that, then I also want to see if I can hack the logon
client embedded in the boot blocks (at least the //e version, I am not a
IIgs guy) so that, security be damned, I can turnkey straight from machine
power-on to BASIC.SYSTEM (or a program selector) without typing anything.

Will tell you what I discover with the date bug.

Ivan.


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