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Date:	Sun, 27 May 2001 13:01:43 PDT
From:	Sheridan George <s-geo@usa.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Cross-platform maintenance partitions & file access (was: System Commander, ECS, etc.)

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Peter Skye wrote:
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> jr_fox@pacbell.net wrote:
> >
> > Steven told me that I wouldn't want to have an existing
> > Warp 3 or 4 serving as a Maintenance Partition for an ECS
> > one -- or vice-versa -- but there wasn't time for him to
> > elaborate as to Why. ... I found that I preferred having
> > a very well-equipped Warp Maint. Prt'n. over a barebones
> > one. ... I like to have everything able to see and
> > access everything else... JFS would mess that scheme up
>
> It's time for a network and a Keyboard-Video-Mouse (KVM) switch box.
>
> Put eCS on a different machine and use the switch box so you can look at
> either the older Warp machine or the eCS machine. (The cheap KVM boxes
> are $15-$25 plus a cable and don't have electronic switching.

By the time you buy the cables a simple manual switch box is only about
$20 less than an electronic switch.

> They
> sometimes lock up a machine due to the keyboard-mouse switching, so you
> may want to use a separate keyboard and mouse for each machine and just
> switch the monitor. Expensive KVM's start at a couple hundred bucks.)

I bought a Linksys KVM100SK electronic switch for $75 including cables
(it's a complete kit) about three years ago to switch between Warp and
NT machines. (try
http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10103911&loc= )
>
> Each machine can have a "compatible" Maintenance Partition.
>
> The network will allow file access to all. Of course, that can be a
> problem if you're connected to the Internet . . .
>
> - Peter

I solved this by setting aside an old 486 loaded with bare-bones Warp 4,
two NICs, and InJoy gateway/firewall. I keep my mail folders on the 486
also so I can access e-mail in context from any of 4 machines on my LAN.

If you don't have the room or an old computer (or don't want to hear a
HD and fan 24x7) you might consider a cable/DSL router. (Note: the cost
of a cable/DSL router is not that much more than the $55 I payed for the
InJoy licence [I had the hardware just setting around]. Especially if
you have to buy another NIC. Plus it will save some in electricity
costs over having a computer run 24x7 even without a monitor.)

Sheridan

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