Setting Up a NFS Server on Your PowerMac G5 Mac OS X 10.5.8
As I write this article I am still working on resurrecting my PowerMac G5 Quad. But that project is on hiatus due to limited time and fundings. My PowerMac G5 Dual 2.3 Ghz is still in active service. All my project documents sit on this server as well as my home intranet video streaming library. I am still a die hard Mac guy. Sorry, you'll have to pry the UNIX from my cold dead hands! But my sons are tech geeks too and they venture out more and have their Windows 7 gaming systems. Since I work and save on a centralized server, my PowerMac G5, and I like consolidating libraries, my home needed a means to centralize access across different operating systems. And 'this ol'Mac' running her UNIX operating system (well Mac OS X 10.5.8) had the answer. NFS! NFS is an acronym for Network File Server . I was surprised at how easy it was to setup NFS on the PowerMac G5. Did a little Google-ing and in an 1/2 hour I had my sons Windows 7 gaming PC mounting a volume off my Pow