And Printing Was Good…

I’ve managed to (albeit slowly) get most of the server’s services running, including printer support. Granted, this was made considerably easier (across the network) by the addition of the PostScript module for the printer (like a RAM module, almost). The main difference is that the Mac now natively prints to my LaserJet 5, now changed to 5M with the aforementioned module addition.

In addition, the two major remaining services to yet migrate are Samba and AppleTalk (via netatalk). These are (for those who don’t know) used for file sharing between Windows and Macintosh boxen, respectively. I should really take this opportunity to set things up in a slightly better fashion than before (specificaly with netatalk), so these will also be the last things to change…and will take some time.

Then all that’s left to learn is iptables, and we’re good to go.

So progress is being made…which is always a good thing. I purchased some new case fans last week and will install them sometime in the near future. One (for sure) will make its way into the new server box, and I believe I’m going to leave one as a spare (or do some checking to see if any others are dying)…for now.

That’s most of what’s new right now. Until next time…

This post was upgraded to the MZ Online Blog on 8/20/07