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Finding HDDs and Networking
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Finding HDDs and Networking
ok i have 3 HDDs in this computer
One it NTFS with WinXP One is FAT32 with nothing One has all my linux stuff on it How can i get to see and use the FAT32 drive in both Linux and WinXP? WinXP can use it already but how can i make Red Hat see it? My second question how can i make another WinXP machine and my Linux machine network with each other all i want to do is share one of the drive on the WinXP machine so i can move files bak and forth. Thanx |
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You'll need to edit /etc/fstab if you want it to be available automatically.
Is that FAT32-partitioned drive IDE? If it is, the following table should help: hda = primary master hdb = primary slave hdc = secondary master hdd = secondary slave So, edit /etc/fstab (you have to be root): add a new line /dev/hdb1 /fat32 vfat auto,noexec,user 0 0 in the end of the file. The example assumes your drive is primary slave Also, make an empty line below it. Then, make that directory, /fat32, with Nautilus or terminal (mkdir /fat32). auto means that it'll be mounted automatically, noexec tells Linux not to try to execute applications from that partition, user means that user can (u)mount the partition. Hmm, would it be better to replace user with umask=0002, so that only root user & root group could (u)mount it? Sharing files with Windows and Linux is easiest with Samba. It's a bit longer story, maybe Phantasm66 can write it, I'm lazy ok, I can do it tomorrow evening.. Last edited by Mictlantecuhtli; 03-06-2002 at 10:28 PM.. |
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thanx mate
lookin into it now edit yup the HDD works just fine now Last edited by Ravenga; 03-07-2002 at 04:09 AM.. |
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http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/SMB-HOWTO.html
That's for a start.. The easiest way to access Window$ drives from Linux is mount -t smbfs -o username=user,password=password //*Winputer sharename here*/*shared directory here* /*directory where to mount here* For example: mount -t smbfs -o username=mic,password= //XPEE/C /c Of course, the mount point must exist - you need to create a directory for it. There are other methods, too - NFS would be one possibility. |
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