[Samba] Samba on A SGI Indy Cyclone IRIX system???

[Ryan Novosielski]

Sorry for the off-topic question -- is it possible through Windows, then,
to share a scanner on a W2k machine without any additional software?

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On Sun, 15 Jun 2003, Gordon Pritchard wrote:

> On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 08:29, Tony Parker wrote:
>
> > We have recently inherited a circa 1996 SGI Indy Colorbus Cyclone running on
> > Irix.
>
> 	Cool!  I also see to have a bunch of IRIX stuff around me.
>
> > Our intention is to use this unit to drive our Canon CLC900 Scanner Copier
> > and make it accessible to our Windows Network.
>
> 	How does this scanner attach?
>
> 	I ask because SGI is famous for using connectors that look like, and
> only sort of act like standards you are familiar with.  One
> case-in-point in particular is their use of USB - yes, it's a USB
> connector, and yes the USB protocol used is a correct implementation of
> the bulk-transfer mode / HID class, but that's where it stops.
> 	Ditto for some firewire stuff I've used...
>
> 	Perhaps the *only* interface you could solidly count on would be
> serial  :-)
>
> 	But, have a go at it.  IRIX is fun, and you'll find that the leap from
> Linux isn't huge.
>
> > At the moment, our Windows Network does not "see" the Cyclone & vice versa.
>
> > 1.) Does the "Indy" Cyclone Irix package already contain "Samba" or SMB
> > capability? How would one determine whether or not SMB or "Samba" may have
> > been previously installed on the "Indy" IRIX system?
>
> 	I strongly doubt it.  If you were local, I'd bet a case of beer that
> Samba isn't on your Cyclone.
>
> > 2.) Can anyone on this mailing list please suggest exactly what Samba
> > software should be installed on the Indy cyclone, and what kind of Windows
> > Samba client software should be installed on the Windows workstations?
>
> 	The great thing about Samba is that Windows *is* the client.  There is
> nothing to do to your Windows machines (generally; sometimes some little
> settings, depending on which particular flavour of Windows you're
> talking about).
>
> 	Here's a site you're going to become familiar with:
>
> http://freeware.sgi.com/index.html
>
> 	Look under "Alphabetical", and go from there.
>
> 	It's an extended learning curve to use the IRIX 'inst' package to
> install new software - well, learning 'inst' itself only takes a few
> minutes, really, but figuring out how to deal with unsatisfied
> dependencies may drive you crazy.  Do not put a system into production
> until you have mastered some way of efficiently resolving dependencies.
> 	One (blunt-instrument) way of satisfying dependencies is to download
> *everything* from the SGI freeware site, then beginning an install.
> Chances are, though, you're going to need the Base Install CD's
> (probably 2), and the overlay CD's (for the latest IRIX 6.5.20, that is
> another 4 CD's).
>
> 	One outcome is that you will soon see the benefits of many other
> package-managers :-)
>
> > 3.) I'd also be most grateful for any information where this software can be
> > downloaded, as well as any tips & hints in installing and configuring the
> > Samba software on both the Indy cyclone and the windows workstations..
>
> 	Well, generally speaking, on an SGI if you follow the package
> instructions for compiling you'll be OK.  This will mean you'll need to
> become root on your new machine (you do have the root password, don't
> you?).  Further, you will need a compiler, and autoconf / automake...
> all these are available from the freeware site mentioned above.  I also
> tend to immediately install 'bash', and 'emacs' (can you believe it -
> IRIX ships without emacs in the default installation - heresy!!!).
>
> 	I think this is a great summer project.  You will learn a lot,
> especially about IRIX, and samba.
>
> 	If you simply want to be quickly productive with your scanner, hook it
> up to a Windows machine and share it off to the other Windows clients.
> This is by far the faster/simpler way.
>
> 	-Gord (who has built an Onyx Graphics Supercomputer off eBay, with 4x
> 64-bit CPUs, for under $3,000!!!  OpenGL in hardware - which pulls 5A at
> 220V - simply *ROCKS*).
>
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