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FoRMa
05-15-2003, 11:23 AM
Hi there,
i've just installed mandrake 9.1 yesterday.. and i've still really new bout linux. Have been reading through the posts in this forum, but i still don't really understand.
I have 3 computers at the moment. 2 of them are running win xp home. The other is a dual boot xp and linux. They are connected together by a smc router.
In windows i have no problems connecting to each computer to another. All three have a common workgroup. I was wondering how to access the network when i'm booted up with linux? i'm really lost... don't understand all the talk bout samba etc...! :confused:
Please help!! :)
First, for Samba, you'll have to mess with the the /etc/smb.conf file, look for a sample smb.conf file on here, the simpler the better for you
I downloaded LinNeighborhood, it's about the same as Network Neighborhood, but I've never used Mandrake so they may already have something on there like it, I don't know.
I'm sure this doesn't help a lot, but I hope it gives you some ideas to look at.
mtbtreker
05-15-2003, 11:38 AM
linneighborhood comes on the MDK CD's. To install start up MDK control center and click on software install packages, type in search box linneighborhood. check the box click install. after install it will be under networking. when you see your workgroup. right click select scan as user and type in un/pass for the xp box. select the share you want and click mount. you can also edit your preferences under linneighbor to always scan as user. to access the share once it's mounted go to your home dir, and look under mnt a few dir in will be the share name. i suggest creating a link on desktop if you're going to use this share often.
Or, you could just mnt the NFS shares through MDK control center.
DJBanaan
05-15-2003, 11:41 AM
Can you ping the other computers on your LAN when you're on the Mandrake box? That's the first thing you'll want to know. If you can do that, you can look in your Mandrake Control Center to see if Samba is installed, if not you can install it using the MDK Control Center.
You need Samba if you want to have the same functionality you have between your Windows boxes.
There are some pretty good tutorials on the Web for configuring Samba (Lesson Nr.1 for new Linux users: www.google.com/linux). Since you are new to Linux I would recommend using some kind of GUI for the configuration, take a look at http://samba.org/samba/GUI/. Allthough i'v never used one myself I've heard SWAT in a good one.
FoRMa
05-15-2003, 04:45 PM
Hey,
Thanks for the help!! i seem to have gotten my xp comp to see my linux one. :D
now... i just have to figure out how to share files on linux... :confused:
mtbtreker
05-15-2003, 06:27 PM
umm mdk control center
FoRMa
05-15-2003, 06:53 PM
THanks!
got it figured out already! :)
am i asking a stupid qn.. but can i see my linux file when i'm booted into windows?:confused:
Kaligraphic
05-16-2003, 04:02 AM
You mean, booted into Windows on the same box you have Linux on? Short answer is no. Linux would not be running to serve the files.
Long answer is: yes, but there's a trick to it.
If you want to do this, though, it will require a partition change, so be careful. You would need to create a partition with a suitable filesystem (e.g. FAT32) for access by both operating systems. Since you won't be running both OSes at the same time, you can mount it normally in both. Put in in your /etc/fstab and mount it wherever you think appropriate. Don't make it your /home directory or anything silly like that, because FAT32 requires 8.3 convention file naming. Windows should set it up automatically. Then, just put the files you really need to share between OSes in that partition, and voila! you can access them from both OSes. Of course, that has nothing to do with networking.
If you mean from the other Windows boxes, you would have to set up a samba share. Or can I surmise from your previous post that you have already done this?
FoRMa
05-17-2003, 06:45 AM
erm... thanks... but i think i won't try.. the last time i tried partitioning my drive.. ended up having to reinstall everything.. from windows to linux..! :(
Of course, if the dual-boot box's Windows partition is FAT32 (and not NTFS), you should be able to access the Windows partition from Linux. Look under something like /mnt/windows. You can't mount Linux partitions in Windows, but hey, you could use your Windows partition to store everything that needs to go between OS's!
Also, you could just repartition your drive in Windows, using the tools in the Control Panel. It's a lot safer, for those who aren't too experienced yet with Linux tools (such as myself).