[cobalt-users] Re: Netatalk - Qube2 and modify dates

[Malcolm McLeary <mmcleary@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Maurizio,

on 15/10/00 8:28 AM, Maurizio Zilli at maurizio@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On the Qube 2 all the modify dates on AFP volumes are wrong!!
> I have three questions...
> 
> 1. Gateway software is a solution with Cobalt update security patch....or
> not work properly?

Gateway Microservers do not suffer the problem, however to the best of my
knowledge Cobalt security patches do not install on the Gateway Microserver.

> 2. Gateway software where is reperibile?
> http://www.gatewayatwork.com/prod/sb_apsrv_features.shtml

To the best of my knowledge the Gateway software is not available
separately, nor is a Restore CD.

> 3. The problem exists also on the RAQ models and the new Qube3?
> http://emea.cobalt.com/products/qube/index.html

Netatalk is not installed on the RaQ series.

I have not tested a Qube 3 to see if the bug has been fixed.  A nice
"feature" of the Qube 3 manual is that the screen dumps come from a MacOS
version of Netscape Communicator ... hopefully this obvious sign of support
for MacOS means the Netatalk bug has received appropriate attention.

Also since the Gateway Microserver is really a "black Qube 2.5" one would
expect that the Qube 3 would not have the bug, however there has been a
architecture change from MIPS to x86 so who knows.

One would also expect that Cobalt would fix the bug in an OS Update for the
Qube 2, however when I asked the question a couple of months ago ...

on 30/8/00 2:22 AM, Curtis D Stuart at support-nam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>> Does Qube2-en-OSUpdate-3.0 fix the file modification date problem Netatalk on
>> the Qube2 has had since birth?
> 
> I know that the patch fixes apple security error, but I do not think this
> patch address the date error.  sorry..

I've been living with this bug since I first reported it ...

http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/1999-December/000524.html

At that time I was advised that Cobalt were aware of the problem, had a fix,
but it was with QA ... looks like its still with QA although it made it into
the Gateway Microserver release.

Cheers,  Malcolm

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