Linux Redhat ---> iBook

I was wondering if anyone had luck with connecting a Redhat 7.3 PC
to a Apple iBook (model M64111).

On pc is a Redhat 7.3 ( kernel 2.4.18-5) via a cross-over cable ( i.e. peer to peer network , very simple one, no hub/swithch).


I was hoping to mount it somehow?

I've some documentation on netatalk program, but that seems to work the other way ( e.g. Apple to Linux).

Purpose is to get some large Quicktime movies off the iBooK so I can burn them on my burner.Purpose

Any suggestions????

well, there are several ways to go about it...

first off, to mount an apple drive over the network on your linux pc is not easily doable/posible as far as I know...

the thing is though, you don't need to worry about that. If you setup netatalk on the linux pc you can still transfer the files etc, just you would have to use the mac to do it.

on another note, if the ibook is running OS X, I think that has *many* other ways to connect, such as behaving as a smb server, connecting via nfs etc (since it is BSD based)

any more ?s ?

Have you got any information about netatalk at all?


HOw do you configure netatalk to work?

most info can be found at http://www.anders.com/projects/netatalk/ and netatalk.sourceforge.net but here is the info as I have distiled it...

get netatalk 1.5.3.1 source from netatalk.sourceforge.net (under downloads) and untar and ungzip it, then (as root I think is required) cd to where it was untared and

./configure --with-shadow &&
make &&
make install

iirc that should do it, and if networking is set up correctly between the two machines e.g. the eth adapters work & are set up (not usu. a prob with the mac eh?) the linuxbox should show up in the chooser. After that, you should be able to access your home directory on the linbox via the chooser on the mac using your lin login and password.

This isn't really the perfect way, but since you're just on a simple 2 machine network etc. it should be fine for what you need.

more ?s?

why not just use ftp from one to another? or use samba server on linux samba client on mac, or put the files on a apache server and transfer via http