Acorn Econet Fileserver

[Jules Richardson]

Pete Turnbull wrote:
> On Nov 22 2005, 12:45, Jules Richardson wrote:
>> Pete Turnbull wrote:
> 
>> Hmm, well apparently the way to get around not knowing the password
> is to set
>> up a fileserver on another disk (which may be a floppy) using the
> setup floppy
>> - that way you end up with a bootable fileserver where you know the
> password.
> 
> Well, that's fine for a Filestore.  I'm not sure it'll work for a Level
> 3 Fileserver, because that expects to just use a winchester.  I'm
> willing to be proven wrong, however.

Hmm, I'll have to give it a go - I think that advice came with the caveat that 
nobody had actually tried it, actually :)

Perhaps I got the "which may be a floppy" bit wrong and it has to be another 
hard disk onto which the server's set up (with the disk that the passwords 
aren't known for used as a second drive). From memory Acorn did acknowledge 
that you might want two hard drives connected to the Adaptec board...

>> It didn't seem like the level-3 disks were out there on the 'net in
>> any suitable form though.
> 
> Didn't I give you one last time you were here?

Nope, I only got this hard disk with the fileserver software on a couple of 
weeks before I left for the US as I recall...

>> I'm not sure what the best way of getting them to me is. I suppose
> having them
>> on 5.25" is easier than 3.5", although I do have one beeb somewhere
> with a
>> 3.5" drive attached. Maybe a zip of the contents is the best plan,
> then I can
>> drop them on the PC and use Xfer to get them across onto a beeb and
> onto
>> whatever media makes most sense.
> 
> That won't work.  Those disks are 3.5" disks for a Filestore, in
> Filestore format.  How are you going to write Filestore format from a
> zip archive?

Oops, misunderstood then. I was thinking the utils floppy was ADFS format not 
filestore format...


>> Hard to date it then. The only thing that springs to mind is that
> 
> They are Vero cases.  Not particularly cheap.  No, the software
> protocol didn't change. 

Hmm, maybe what I have are docs from the days before Econet was even finalised 
then! They were certainly early, printed on fanfold paper, and from within 
Acorn's offices.

cheers

Jules