System 7.5.5 & AppleShare 4.2.1 Compatibility Notice

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TOPIC

This article is the System 7.5.5 and AppleShare 4.2.1 compatibility notice.

DISCUSSION

• For PowerPC Nubus- and PCI-based Apple Workgroup Servers, AppleShare 4.2.1, Mac OS 7.5.5, and Open Transport 1.1.1 have undergone extensive testing and together are fully compatible.

• For PowerPC Desktop Computers compatible with the retail version of AppleShare 4.2.1, AppleShare 4.2.1, Mac OS 7.5.5, and Open Transport 1.1.1 have undergone extensive testing and together are fully compatible.

• An extension named 7.5.5 SCSI Server Update has been created to resolve a bug that could cause a server to hang when a client computer performed a Find File operation on a server volume.

• This extension is only for use on PowerPC Apple Workgroup Servers and compatible PowerPC Desktop Computers running AppleShare 4.2.1 and Mac OS 7.5.5.

• The 7.5.5 SCSI Server Update has been rolled into Mac OS 7.6.

• For customers who need to run Mac OS 7.5.5 and AppleShare 4.2.1 on PowerPC Workgroup Servers, Apple requires that customers update their servers with the following software in this order:

1. Mac OS 7.5.5 Update,
2. Open Transport 1.1.1,
3. 7.5.5 SCSI Server Update, and
4. PowerPC Interrupt Extension

Where are these Updates located?

http://www.info.apple.com/swupdates

The "7.5.5 SCSI Server Update" path:

US
  Macintosh
    Networking-Communications
      AppleShare

The "PowerPC Interrupt Extension" path:

US
  Macintosh
    System
      Other_System

The "AppleShare 4.2->4.2.1 Updater" path:

US
  Macintosh
    Networking-Communications
      AppleShare

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