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Originally Posted by blue68f100
Opps,
Wrong post. This was for OzDave
I too use a old Mac with OS 9.1, NO Problems.
David
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Since OS 9.x Apple made some great changes to the filesystems and AFP. OS9 still uses AFP version 2.x, all OS X use AFP v >3.1 - the latest is AFP 3.3 AFAIR. Some advantages are:
- support for filenames up to 255 chars
- support for filesize up to 2TB
SnapOS still uses 2.x or a crappy 3.0, the former developer Excel/Meridian Data, Inc. also uses AFP 3.0 which also lacks support for long filenames just the same as eg. Windows 2k/2003 (both use AFP 3.0). So IMHO neither Snap nor Excel/Meridian Data's NAS-devices can be used in a MacOS X enviroment though you might want to use smb or perhaps NFS (never tested with Snap). I still found no way to copy the files back, so SnapOS 4 is a pos regarding AFP and renders the device unusable in my case. I guess we will not use the 4100 any more. I'm quite sure that SnapOS is using netatalk 1.x and the developers (if there are any more) just refuse to use netatalk 2.x - which supports AFP 3.1 = long filenames etc.
Btw., Adaptec is looking for a new owner for their NAS department. No wonder why..